Description
Author: Thomas P. Hughes
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 06/12/2004
Pages: 548
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 8.78h x 6.26w x 1.35d
ISBN13: 9780226359274
ISBN10: 0226359271
BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | History
- Technology & Engineering | Inventions
About the Author
Thomas P. Hughes is the Professor Emeritus in the Department of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and a member of the American Philosophical doctorates from Northwestern University and the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology. A member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, he is the editor of seven books and author of four, including American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.