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Author

Burke, James, 1936-

Title The axemaker's gift : a double-edged history of human culture / James Burke, Robert Ornstein ; illustrations by Ted Dewan.

Imprint

New York : Putnam, c1995.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	306.46 B917a 1995 c.2	---	Available
Axe Special Collections Whitehead	306.46 B917a 1995	---	Lib Use Only

Description	xvii, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note	"A Grosset/Putnam book."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-337) and index.
Contents	Getting an edge -- Token contribution -- ABC of logic -- Cutting up the world -- Faith of power -- Fit to print -- New worlds -- Root and branch -- Class act -- Doctors' order -- Picking up the pieces -- Journey's end -- Forward to the past.
Subject	Technology -- Social aspects.
	Technology -- History.
	Culture -- History.
	Technology and civilization.
Added Author	Ornstein, Robert E. (Robert Evan), 1942-
ISBN	0399140883 (acid-free paper)