The nature of technology - what it is and how it evolves
Giving rare insights into the origin and evolution of specific technologies - from radar beams to laser printers, from aircraft to powerplants - and a new framework for thinking about them all, this book shows how technologies capture natural phenomena, combine and build on existing technologies and revolutionise our understanding of the world and the possibilities within it.
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