About the Author

Rosalind Williams is the Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is past president of the Society for the History of Technology and the author of several books, most recently, Retooling: A Historian Confronts Technological Change.

Reviews

"Engaging, highly informative, and entertaining. Rosalind Williams follows the advice of the authors she discusses-of finding the right balance between factual detail, narrative drive, and human interest-yet presents a strikingly original and timely synthesis of literary history, history of technology, and environmental history." -John Tresch, University of Pennsylvania"