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| The Nature of Technology: Foundations | |
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| Technology: A Natural Process | |
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| The Evolutionary Process | |
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| Genetics and Evolution | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| Resistance to Change | |
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| The Gregorian Calendar | |
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| Countercultures | |
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| Sources of Technological Homeostasis | |
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| He Roots of Resistance | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| The Printing Press and Its Consequences | |
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| Creativity and Innovation: The Critical Link | |
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| The Roots of Creativity | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Cultural Impetus: A Comparison of Oriental and Occidental Approaches | |
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| The Scientific Method | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| Economics and Cultural Impetus | |
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| Capitalism: The Traditional Approach | |
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| Capitalism and Technology: The Modern Approach | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| The Historical Perspective of Roman Engineering and City Planning | |
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| Urban Life in Rome | |
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| City Planning | |
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| Tools of the Romans | |
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| The Future Results of Ancient City Planning | |
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| The Effects of Modernization and Conservation Efforts on the Maasai of Tanzania and Kenya | |
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| An Idea Whose Time Has Come | |
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| Thomas Malthus and the Malthusian Proposition | |
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| Sinusoidal Curves: The General Case | |
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| The Exploitation and Acceptance of Technology | |
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| Technology Whose Time Has Come | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Essay Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| Television and Cultural Change | |
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| Methods of Study | |
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| The Cause and Effect of Technology and Society | |
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| Cause and Effect: The Roots of Prediction | |
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| Ripples in a Pool | |
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| Systems and Systems Analysis | |
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| Historical Applications of the Systems Approach | |
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| Technology and the Systemic Approach | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Example of Systems Approach in Use | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Essay Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| Modeling, Simulations, and Gaming | |
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| Forms of Models | |
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| The Modeling Process | |
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| Mathematical Simplicity | |
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| Gaming and Simulation | |
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| Simulation Design and Construction | |
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| Cause and Effect: One, Two, Three | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| Systems Behavior: The Universal Laws | |
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| The Three Laws of Systems Behavior | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| Diversity, Randomness, and Systemic Integrity | |
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| Systems Theory and Chaos | |
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| Chaos Theory and Dynamic Balance | |
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| Predicting Randomness | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| Catastrophe Theory: The Plague of Technological Complexity | |
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| The Principle of Unintended Consequences | |
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| Catastrophe Theory | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| The Systemic Models | |
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| General Categorical Model | |
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| The Persia Concept | |
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| The Anthropological Model | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Essay Questions | |
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| Thought and Process | |
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| World War II: Technologies and Social Implications | |
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| Solar Energy and Its Social Consequences | |
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| Dear Parents, Acquaintances, and Relatives | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Prelude | |
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| Topics for Discussion and Analysis | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |