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Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology (Sloan Technology Series) by Robert Pool Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-19-512911-3 / 0195129113 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512911-3 / 9780195129113 We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered in the Age of Exploration and the discovery of the New World. The cotton gin created the conditions |