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Leonardo to the Internet: Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) (1st Edition) by Thomas J. Misa Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-8018-7809-8 / 0801878098 ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-7809-1 / 9780801878091 The image of the lone inventor transforming society from the outside has a strong hold on the public's imagination. In reality, though, technologies are products of ongoing social and cultural processes. In Leonardo to the Internet, historian Thomas J. Misa provides a sweeping comparative history |