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A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.

A mathematician draws a semi-circle while Minerva watches over him. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1591, after M. de Vos.

Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving, ca 1650.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.

Scientific instruments and attributes of philosophy: gyroscopes, telescope, pestle and mortar, cosmological manuals, natural history specimens etc.. Lithograph by J-B-J. Jorand, 1835.

Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.

Putti deprive a bird of air in a vacuum experiment, one plays at billiards, another plays with magnetised keys, while outside a storm rages: representing physics. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.

A group of figures from antiquity are led into a garden by a woman with a telescope and a hand mirror. Etching.

What technology wants / Kevin Kelly.

Hommes et techniques de l'Antiquité à la Renaissance / Marie-Claire Amouretti, Georges Comet.

The myth of the machine : technics and human development / Lewis Mumford.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

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What technology wants / Kevin Kelly.

Hommes et techniques de l'Antiquité à la Renaissance / Marie-Claire Amouretti, Georges Comet.

The myth of the machine : technics and human development / Lewis Mumford.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

History and technology.