Transports of delight : how technology materializes human imagination

• Main Author: Hancock, Peter A., 1953- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Technological innovations > Psychological aspects.; Technological innovations > Philosophy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319552484; 9783319552477
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 235 pages) : illustrations

This inspiring book shows how the spiritual side of life, with its thoughts, feelings, and aspirations, is intimately bound up with our material technologies. From the wonder of Gothic Cathedrals, to the quiet majesty of lighter than air flight, to the ultimate in luxury of the north Atlantic steame...