''Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences'' is a 1997 book by former executive editor for
physical science
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history
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at
Princeton University Press
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Edward Tenner that is an account and geography of modern technology.
Edward Tenner's book describes how
technology
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has had
unintended effects
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on
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.
See also
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
References
Further reading
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* Basson, M.S. (1995) South African Water Transfer Schemes and their Impact on the Southern African Region, in Matiza, T., Craft, S. & Dale, P. (Eds.) Water Resource Use in the Zambezi Basin. Proceedings of a Workshop held in Kasane, Botswana, 28 April - 2 May 1993. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
* Blanchon, D. & Turton, A.R. (2005) Les Transferts Massifs d’Eau en Afrique du Sud. In Lasserre, F. (Ed.) Transferts Massifs d’Eau: Outils de Development ou Instruments de Pouvoir? (In French). Sainte-Foy, Quebéc: Presses de l’Université du Québec. (Pp 247 – 283).
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* Heyns, P. (2002) Interbasin Transfer of Water Between SADC Countries: A Development Challenge for the Future. In Turton, A.R. & Henwood, R. (Eds.) Hydropolitics in the Developing World: A Southern African Perspective. Pretoria: African Water Issues Research Unit (AWIRU). pp157–176.
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External links
Why Things Bite Back at Randomhouse.comWhy Things Bite Back's Author Interview by AmericanHeritage.com
1997 non-fiction books
Social sciences books
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