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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Advances in timekeeping intensified our fixation on time.
Chapter 3: The mass production of steel for railroads permanently reshaped American culture and commerce.
Chapter 4: Telegraph wires dramatically accelerated communication, brought communities together, and shaped American English.
Chapter 5: Photographic advances not only improved image quality but also illuminated societal values and biases.
Chapter 6: Carbon filaments lit up our world. Yet scientists now argue we have excessive light.
Chapter 7: The capacity to record sound let us gather and preserve music, and, ultimately, share information about ourselves more widely.
Chapter 8: Scientific glass enhanced electronic technologies and broadened our understanding of the universe.
Chapter 9: Computers and the internet are changing the human brain.
Description
The Alchemy of Us (2020) offers a history of some of the most important technologies ever developed, from clocks to glass to the steel rails used to make railway tracks. It explains how these technologies were created and explores how they shaped human culture.
Who Should Listen
- People curious about the innovations that paved the way for computers
- Those who want to know how technology has changed our brains and our bodies
- History buffs interested in the great inventions of modern times