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Cultural History of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesSTS.464
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2008English
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The subject of this course is the historical process by which the meaning of “technology” has been constructed. Although the word itself is traceable to the ancient Greek root teckhne (meaning art), it did not enter the English language until the 17th century, and did not acquire its current meaning until after World War I.

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