ABSTRACT
Rosalind Williams is Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology (STS) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her first three books (Dream Worlds, Notes from the Underground, Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change) address the question of what are the implications for human life, both individual and collective, when we live in a predominantly self-constructed world. Her latest book, titled The Triumph of Human Empire (The University of Chicago Press, 2013) surveys the overarching historical event of our time: the rise and triumph of human empire, defined by the dominance of human presence on the planet.
