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      Glassmaking in Renaissance Venice: The Fragile Craft

      W. Patrick McCray

      The transformation of the Venetian glass industry during the Renaissance was not only a technical phenomena, but also a social one. This is an examination of the demand, production and…

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      Making Art Work

      W. Patrick Mccray

      Electrifying the World of Art explores the history of the contemporary art and technology movement-and the people involved-in the pursuit of new art, commercial innovation, and creative collaborations –

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      Keep Watching the Skies!: The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age

      W. Patrick McCray

      When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. This book tells the…

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      The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future

      W. Patrick McCray

      In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity’s expansion. Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular…

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      The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future

      W. Patrick McCray

      In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity’s expansion. Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular…

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      Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology

      W. Patrick McCray

      By focusing on the history of the Gemini Observatory-twin 8-meter telescopes located on mountain peaks in Hawaii and Chile-Giant Telescopes tells the story behind the planning and construction of modern…

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      Groovy Science

      David Kaiser

      In his 1969 book The Making of a Counterculture, Theodore Roszak described the youth of the late 1960s as fleeing science as if from a place inhabited by plague, and…

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      Groovy Science

      David Kaiser

      In his 1969 book The Making of a Counterculture, Theodore Roszak described the youth of the late 1960s as fleeing science as if from a place inhabited by plague, and…

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      Where Minds and Matters Meet: Technology in California and the West

      The American West–where such landmarks as the Golden Gate Bridge rival wild landscapes in popularity and iconic significance–has been viewed as a frontier of technological innovation. Where Minds and Matters…

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      Where Minds and Matters Meet

      Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, this book includes essays that take a cultural measure of the region’s great technological milestones, including San Diego’s Panama-California…

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