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Last updated: May 09, 2025

    The best books on Drone Warfare, recommended by Hugh Gusterson

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    The best books on Drone Warfare - A Theory of the Drone by Gregoire Chamayou

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    A Theory of the Drone
    by Gregoire Chamayou

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    The best books on Drone Warfare - Predator by Matt Martin

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    Predator
    by Matt Martin

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    The best books on Drone Warfare - Sudden Justice by Chris Woods

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    Sudden Justice
    by Chris Woods

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    The best books on Drone Warfare - Kill Chain by Andrew Cockburn

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    Kill Chain
    by Andrew Cockburn

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    The best books on Drone Warfare - Drone Warfare by John Kaag & Sarah Kreps

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    Drone Warfare
    by John Kaag & Sarah Kreps

  • The introduction of drones "makes possible perpetual war without costs", warns the anthropology professor and security expert Hugh Gusterson. Here he selects the best books that examine their ethical, psychological and political impact upon 21st century warfare.

  • The best books on Drone Warfare - A Theory of the Drone by Gregoire Chamayou
  • The best books on Drone Warfare - Predator by Matt Martin
  • The best books on Drone Warfare - Sudden Justice by Chris Woods
  • The best books on Drone Warfare - Kill Chain by Andrew Cockburn
  • The best books on Drone Warfare - Drone Warfare by John Kaag & Sarah Kreps

The best books on Drone Warfare, recommended by Hugh Gusterson

The introduction of drones “makes possible perpetual war without costs”, warns the anthropology professor and security expert Hugh Gusterson. Here he selects the best books that examine their ethical, psychological and political impact upon 21st century warfare.

The best books on Drone Warfare, recommended by Hugh Gusterson

    The best books on Information, recommended by Tyler Cowen

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    The best books on Information - Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

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    Here Comes Everybody
    by Clay Shirky

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    The best books on Information - Individualism and Economic Order by Friedrich Hayek

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    Individualism and Economic Order
    by Friedrich Hayek

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    The best books on Information - Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger

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    Everything is Miscellaneous
    by David Weinberger

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    The best books on Information - Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams

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    Wikinomics
    by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams

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    The best books on Information - The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

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    The Book of Disquiet
    by Fernando Pessoa

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    The best books on Information - The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

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    The Glass Bead Game
    by Hermann Hesse

  • A conversation with the economist, educator, omnivore, polymath and co-founder of Marginal Revolution, highlighting books about decentralised information, mass collaboration and spontaneous order

  • The best books on Information - Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
  • The best books on Information - Individualism and Economic Order by Friedrich Hayek
  • The best books on Information - Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger
  • The best books on Information - Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams
  • The best books on Information - The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
  • The best books on Information - The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

The best books on Information, recommended by Tyler Cowen

A conversation with the economist, educator, omnivore, polymath and co-founder of Marginal Revolution, highlighting books about decentralised information, mass collaboration and spontaneous order

The best books on Information, recommended by Tyler Cowen

    The best books on Cybersecurity, recommended by Misha Glenny

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    The best books on Cybersecurity - Cyber War by Richard A Clarke and Robert Knake

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    Cyber War
    by Richard A Clarke and Robert Knake

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    The best books on Cybersecurity - The Future of the Internet by Jonathan Zittrain

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    The Future of the Internet
    by Jonathan Zittrain

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    The best books on Cybersecurity - The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov

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    The Net Delusion
    by Evgeny Morozov

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    The best books on Cybersecurity - Fatal System Error by Joseph Menn

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    Fatal System Error
    by Joseph Menn

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    The best books on Cybersecurity - Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen

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    Kingpin
    by Kevin Poulsen

  • There's an unseen, mostly unacknowledged cyber war going on. British journalist Misha Glenny, author of Dark Market, tells us who's involved, how far it spreads and what could happen if we let it continue unchecked. He picks the best books to get a better handle on cybersecurity.

  • The best books on Cybersecurity - Cyber War by Richard A Clarke and Robert Knake
  • The best books on Cybersecurity - The Future of the Internet by Jonathan Zittrain
  • The best books on Cybersecurity - The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov
  • The best books on Cybersecurity - Fatal System Error by Joseph Menn
  • The best books on Cybersecurity - Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen

The best books on Cybersecurity, recommended by Misha Glenny

There’s an unseen, mostly unacknowledged cyber war going on. British journalist Misha Glenny, author of Dark Market, tells us who’s involved, how far it spreads and what could happen if we let it continue unchecked. He picks the best books to get a better handle on cybersecurity.

The best books on Cybersecurity, recommended by Misha Glenny

    The best books on Memory and the Digital Age, recommended by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

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    The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

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    Fictions
    by Jorge Luis Borges

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    The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - The Seven Sins of Memory by Daniel Schacter

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    The Seven Sins of Memory
    by Daniel Schacter

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    The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - The Commissar Vanishes by David King

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    The Commissar Vanishes
    by David King

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    The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - The Woman Who Can’t Forget by Jill Price

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    The Woman Who Can’t Forget
    by Jill Price

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    The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

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    In Search of Lost Time
    by Marcel Proust

  • The Professor of Internet Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute selects books on how memories are made and discusses the effect of digital data storage on our perception of the present and the future

  • The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
  • The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - The Seven Sins of Memory by Daniel Schacter
  • The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - The Commissar Vanishes by David King
  • The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - The Woman Who Can’t Forget by Jill Price
  • The best books on Memory and the Digital Age - In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

The best books on Memory and the Digital Age, recommended by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

The Professor of Internet Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute selects books on how memories are made and discusses the effect of digital data storage on our perception of the present and the future

The best books on Memory and the Digital Age, recommended by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

    The best books on Robotics, recommended by Daniel H Wilson

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    The best books on Robotics - Second Variety by Philip K Dick

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    Second Variety
    by Philip K Dick

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    The best books on Robotics - Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein

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    Starship Troopers
    by Robert A Heinlein

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    The best books on Robotics - Machine Learning by Tom M Mitchell

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    Machine Learning
    by Tom M Mitchell

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    The best books on Robotics - Wired for War by P W Singer

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    Wired for War
    by P W Singer

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    The best books on Robotics - For a Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny

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    For a Breath I Tarry
    by Roger Zelazny

  • These days robotic technology is developing so fast that sci-fi is having a hard time keeping up, says best-selling author and roboticist, Daniel H Wilson. He picks the best books on robotics.

  • The best books on Robotics - Second Variety by Philip K Dick
  • The best books on Robotics - Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein
  • The best books on Robotics - Machine Learning by Tom M Mitchell
  • The best books on Robotics - Wired for War by P W Singer
  • The best books on Robotics - For a Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny

The best books on Robotics, recommended by Daniel H Wilson

These days robotic technology is developing so fast that sci-fi is having a hard time keeping up, says best-selling author and roboticist, Daniel H Wilson. He picks the best books on robotics.

The best books on Robotics, recommended by Daniel H Wilson

    The best books on The History of Information, recommended by Ann Blair

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    The best books on The History of Information - A Social History of Knowledge by Peter Burke

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    A Social History of Knowledge
    by Peter Burke

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    The best books on The History of Information - The Information Master by Jacob Soll

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    The Information Master
    by Jacob Soll

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    The best books on The History of Information - The History of Reading in the West by Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier (editors)

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    The History of Reading in the West
    by Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier (editors)

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    The best books on The History of Information - Cartographies of Time by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton

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    Cartographies of Time
    by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton

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    The best books on The History of Information - Paper Machines by Markus Krajewski

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    Paper Machines
    by Markus Krajewski

  • The history professor and author of Too Much to Know tells us what researchers have been discovering about how earlier human societies collected, organised and used information

  • The best books on The History of Information - A Social History of Knowledge by Peter Burke
  • The best books on The History of Information - The Information Master by Jacob Soll
  • The best books on The History of Information - The History of Reading in the West by Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier (editors)
  • The best books on The History of Information - Cartographies of Time by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton
  • The best books on The History of Information - Paper Machines by Markus Krajewski

The best books on The History of Information, recommended by Ann Blair

The history professor and author of Too Much to Know tells us what researchers have been discovering about how earlier human societies collected, organised and used information

The best books on The History of Information, recommended by Ann Blair

    The best books on The Origins of Computing, recommended by George Dyson

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    The best books on The Origins of Computing - The Universal Computer by Martin Davis

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    The Universal Computer
    by Martin Davis

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    The best books on The Origins of Computing - Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges

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    Alan Turing
    by Andrew Hodges

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    The best books on The Origins of Computing - Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers by Jack Copeland

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    Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers
    by Jack Copeland

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    The best books on The Origins of Computing - When Computers Were Human by David Alan Grier

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    When Computers Were Human
    by David Alan Grier

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    The best books on The Origins of Computing - Core Memory by John Alderman (author) and Mark Richards (photographer)

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    Core Memory
    by John Alderman (author) and Mark Richards (photographer)

  • As we approach the centenary of Alan Turing’s birth, science historian George Dyson looks back at the achievements of wartime code breaking and the “human computers” who enabled our modern age of iPhones and laptops

  • The best books on The Origins of Computing - The Universal Computer by Martin Davis
  • The best books on The Origins of Computing - Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges
  • The best books on The Origins of Computing - Colossus: The Secret of Bletchley Park's Codebreaking Computers by Jack Copeland
  • The best books on The Origins of Computing - When Computers Were Human by David Alan Grier
  • The best books on The Origins of Computing - Core Memory by John Alderman (author) and Mark Richards (photographer)

The best books on The Origins of Computing, recommended by George Dyson

As we approach the centenary of Alan Turing’s birth, science historian George Dyson looks back at the achievements of wartime code breaking and the “human computers” who enabled our modern age of iPhones and laptops

The best books on The Origins of Computing, recommended by George Dyson

    The best books on Video Games, recommended by Katherine Isbister

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    The best books on Video Games - The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell

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    The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
    by Jesse Schell

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    The best books on Video Games - What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee

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    What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
    by James Paul Gee

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    The best books on Video Games - Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds by Celia Pearce

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    Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds
    by Celia Pearce

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    The best books on Video Games - Raising the Stakes: E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming by T L Taylor

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    Raising the Stakes: E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming
    by T L Taylor

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    The best books on Video Games - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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    Ready Player One
    by Ernest Cline

  • Video games have never been more popular – or more intricately designed. But we haven't yet developed the vocabulary to analyse a game's impact the way we do a film's, says professor of computational media Katherine Isbister. Here, she chooses five of the best books that explore the art of video game design, and the subcultures that grow up around them.

  • The best books on Video Games - The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell
  • The best books on Video Games - What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee
  • The best books on Video Games - Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds by Celia Pearce
  • The best books on Video Games - Raising the Stakes: E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming by T L Taylor
  • The best books on Video Games - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The best books on Video Games, recommended by Katherine Isbister

Video games have never been more popular – or more intricately designed. But we haven’t yet developed the vocabulary to analyse a game’s impact the way we do a film’s, says professor of computational media Katherine Isbister. Here, she chooses five of the best books that explore the art of video game design, and the subcultures that grow up around them.

The best books on Video Games, recommended by Katherine Isbister

    Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web

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    Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore

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    The Medium is the Massage
    by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore

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    Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Weaving the Web by Tim Berners-Lee

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    Weaving the Web
    by Tim Berners-Lee

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    Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Where Wizards Stay up Late by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon

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    Where Wizards Stay up Late
    by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon

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    Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle

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    Life on the Screen
    by Sherry Turkle

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    Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

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    Here Comes Everybody
    by Clay Shirky

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    Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Planet Google by Randall Stross

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    Planet Google
    by Randall Stross

  • The book critic and technology columnist for Time magazine says there's a level on which the Internet is a mass tool for pacification. It allows people to play out their lives in a fantasy context, which is very politically unthreatening. He picks the best books on the World Wide Web.

  • Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore
  • Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Weaving the Web by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Where Wizards Stay up Late by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon
  • Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle
  • Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
  • Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web - Planet Google by Randall Stross

Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web

The book critic and technology columnist for Time magazine says there’s a level on which the Internet is a mass tool for pacification. It allows people to play out their lives in a fantasy context, which is very politically unthreatening. He picks the best books on the World Wide Web.

Lev Grossman recommends the best books on the World Wide Web

    The best books on Technology and Nature, recommended by Daniel Headrick

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    The best books on Technology and Nature - Medieval Technology and Social Change by Lynn White Jr.

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    Medieval Technology and Social Change
    by Lynn White Jr.

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    The best books on Technology and Nature - Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill

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    Plagues and Peoples
    by William McNeill

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    The best books on Technology and Nature - Ecological Imperialism by Alfred Crosby

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    Ecological Imperialism
    by Alfred Crosby

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    The best books on Technology and Nature - Collapse by Jared Diamond

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    Collapse
    by Jared Diamond

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    The best books on Technology and Nature - Something New Under the Sun by John R McNeill

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    Something New Under the Sun
    by John R McNeill

  • The historian explains how the power of technology has affected man’s relationship with the rest of nature, and tells us what determines why some civilisations succeed and others fail

  • The best books on Technology and Nature - Medieval Technology and Social Change by Lynn White Jr.
  • The best books on Technology and Nature - Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill
  • The best books on Technology and Nature - Ecological Imperialism by Alfred Crosby
  • The best books on Technology and Nature - Collapse by Jared Diamond
  • The best books on Technology and Nature - Something New Under the Sun by John R McNeill

The best books on Technology and Nature, recommended by Daniel Headrick

The historian explains how the power of technology has affected man’s relationship with the rest of nature, and tells us what determines why some civilisations succeed and others fail

The best books on Technology and Nature, recommended by Daniel Headrick
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