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Offers an important history lesson on technologies
Provokes enjoyable discussions on how even unsuccessful historical examples can inspire us to materialize our dreams with technology
Shows how technology offers people new perspectives on the world around them
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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But technology is far from perfect. Indeed, the author argues here that some of the most public and tragic of its failures still remain instructive, emblematic, and even inspiring. He reports on examples such as a Cathedral of the Earth (Beauvais), a Cathedral of the Seas (Titanic), and a Cathedral of the Air (Hindenburg) and tells their stories from the viewpoint of material transcendence. By interweaving their stories he reveals how technologies can succeed in elevating human beings and, in taking them to whole new realms of being, he explores and explains why these experiences are ‘Transports of Delight.’
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Book Title: Transports of Delight
Book Subtitle: How Technology Materializes Human Imagination
Authors: Peter Hancock
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55248-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55247-7Published: 22 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85607-0Published: 28 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55248-4Published: 11 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 235
Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Technology, Applied Psychology, History of Technology, Philosophy of Technology