ABSTRACT
Technological transformation of society was not a spontaneous eruption of creativity. It was the explosive climax to several millennia of cumulative human progress. Its antecedents were entire histories of civilizations, long in the making.
Technological transformation of society was not a spontaneous eruption of creativity. It was the explosive climax to several millennia of cumulative human progress. Its antecedents were entire histories of civilizations, long in the making.