By Carroll Pursell
- 22 unique essays by means of specialist students conceal an important gains of yankee expertise, together with advancements in vehicles, tv, and computing
- Analyzes the ways that applied sciences are equipped, reminiscent of within the engineering occupation, govt, medication and agriculture
- Includes discussions of the way applied sciences have interaction with race, gender, type, and different organizing constructions in American society
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