Axemaker'S Gift: Technologys Capture and Control of Our Minds and Culture

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At the close of the last century of creativity and discovery, humanists and scientists alike wonder: How could human beings in all their brilliance - those "axemakers" with the genius to invent, lead, inspire, heal, design - have brought the world to the brink of destruction The answers can be found in The Axemaker's Gift, an imaginative and brilliantly informed double-edged history of human culture. James Burke, a leading expert on the interaction of technology and society, and Robert Ornstein, a pioneer in charting the evolution of consciousness, show how the interaction between innovation and the brain has continually reshaped the world and, more important, the way we think.

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James Burkeis a science historian and presenter known for his 1978 documentary seriesThe Connectionsand the 1985 seriesThe Day the Universe Changed. His other works includeThe Axemaker's Gift, andAmerican Connections- The Founding Fathers Networked.