In praise of Luddism

David Edgerton ()
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David Edgerton: David Edgerton is at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. His book Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War will be published in the United Kingdom on 31 March by Allen Lane and in the United States in August by Oxford University Press.

Nature, 2011, vol. 471, issue 7336, 27-29

Abstract: Two centuries on from the Luddite insurrection, David Edgerton celebrates today's most important opponents to new ideas, inventions and innovations: scientists.

Date: 2011
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