About the Author

David E. Nye is Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute and the History of Science and Technology program at the University of Minnesota and Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. His other books published by the MIT Press includeElectrifying America and American Technological Sublime. He was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2005 and was knighted by the Queen of Denmark in 2013.

Reviews

Nye's thoughtfully argued, richly illustrated, and wide-ranging study of the cultural impulses fueling a period of intense technological change is sure to be of interest.—Technology and Culture