![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Very little interested in technology itself. Although they have been concerned with ''the social and psychological consequences of advancing technology,'' they have been Writers, he observed, have shown little enthusiasm for science, and less for engineering. In ''Literature and Science,'' a slim book published almost 20 years ago, Aldous Huxley tried to discern ways in which literary artists might come to grips with the accelerating scientific and technological revolution. Has endowed the tale with such pace, texture and poetic implication that he has elevated it to a high level of narrative art. Kidder, a freelance journalist and the author of ''The Road to Yuba City,'' In ''The Soul of a New Machine,'' Tracy Kidder providesĪ factual accounting of this achievement, and anyone interested in the annals of American industry will find the story absorbing. $13.95.įROM mid-1978 to early 1980, a group of engineers at Data General Corporation developed a new super-mini computer. THE SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE By Tracy Kidder. Florman, an engineer and builder, is a contributing editor of Harper's and the author of ''The Existential Pleasure of Engineering.'' His latest book, ''Blaming Technology,'' Section 7, Column 1 Book Review Deskīy SAMUEL C. ![]() THE HARDY BOYS AND THE MICROKIDS MAKE A COMPUTERĪugust 23, 1981, Sunday, Late City Final Edition Correction Appended The New York Times: Book Review Search Article ![]()
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