The Machine Age, 9780141982519
Paperback
Machines made our world; now they’re remaking humanity itself.

The Machine Age

an idea, a history, a warning

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    10 February 2025

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Summary

The Machine Age: A History of Humanity and Technology

A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity’s relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens next.

We live in a world made by machines; their development set its beat. This book tells the story of our relationship with machines from humanity’s first tools down to the present and into the future. It charts the causes and courses of technological progress across epochs, revealing its impedances an…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141982519
ISBN-10:0141982519
Author:Robert Skidelsky
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:10 February 2025
Weight:281g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

Praise for Robert Skidelsky—-A truly innovative and radical perspective … thought-stirring and extremely refreshing—John Gray, GuardianArresting insights, written – despite its complex and heavyweight subject matter – with a captivating lightness of touch—Dominic Lawson, The Sunday TimesCrisp and pungent … deeply provocative and intellectually suggestive—Rowan Williams, ProspectSkidelsky is a major figure in the revival of Keynesian thought—Martin Wolf, Financial Times

About The Author

Robert Skidelsky

Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three volume biography of John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. He was made a life peer in 1991, and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1994.

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