Description
About the Author
Ken Alder is the Milton H. Wilson Professor of the Humanities and professor of history at Northwestern University. He is the author of The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World and The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession.
Reviews
"A work of stunning originality.... An important contribution to a variety of fields." - Ted Porter. "A triumph. It deserves to be read widely, and not just as an inquiry into the origins of modern France." - Donald MacKenzie, "London Review of Books." "In the history of technology, one of the very best books is Ken Alder's Engineering the Revolution, about the ways in which new engineering practices both emerged from and shaped the ideals of the French Revolution." - Peter Galison, American Scientist. "Ken Alder's study of the relations between artifacts, technical life, and politics constitutes a model study in its genre." - Terry Shinn, "Social Studies of Science."
Book Information
ISBN 9780226012643
Author Ken Alder
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 765g
Dimensions(mm) 23mm * 16mm * 3mm