David F. Noble

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David Noble

David Franklin Noble (born July 22, 1945 in New York City , United States , † December 27, 2010 in Toronto , Canada ) was an American historian of technology, science, and education.

Life

David F. Noble worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Smithsonian Institution and taught at York University (Canada).

His standard work on the social history of automation was best known . In his book on machinists he tries to show that the behavior of the Luddites was thoroughly rational, while today's devoted attitude towards so-called technical progress is deeply irrational.

Fonts

  • America by Design. Science, Technology, and the Rise of Corporate Capitalism. Oxford University Press, 1977, ISBN 0195026187 .
  • Forces of Production. A Social History of Industrial Automation. Oxford University Press, New York 1984, ISBN 0394512626 .
  • Machine Striker or The Complicated Relationship between People and their Machines. From the American by Paula Bradish. Interaction, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3924709009 . (The edition also contains an essay on the development of numerically controlled machine tools. )
  • David Noble: A World Without Women. The Christian Clerical Culture of Western Science. New York 1992, ISBN 039455650X .
  • Progress Without People. In Defense of Luddism. Kerr, Chicago 1993.
  • The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention. Knopf, New York 1997.
  • Digital diploma mills. The automation of higher education. Monthly Review Press, New York 2001, ISBN 1-58367-061-0 .
  • Beyond the Promised Land. The Movement and the Myth. Between the Lines Press, 2005, ISBN 1-897071-01-9 .

literature

  • Ellen Rose: Technology and Transcendence: A Review Essay on David Noble's The Religion of Technology. In: The Antigonish Review. 116, 1999, pp. 81-86.

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personal data
SURNAME Noble, David F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Noble, David Franklin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian of technology, science, and education
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 2010
Place of death Toronto , Canada