Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-412) and index.
Local Subject
Ever since Frankenstein -- Medicine: conquest of the catastrophic -- Medicine: revenge of the chronic -- Environmental disasters: natural and human-made -- Promoting pests -- Acclimatizing pests: animal -- Acclimatizing pests: vegetable -- The computerized office: the revenge of the body -- The computerized office: productivity puzzles -- Sport: the risks of intensification -- Sport: the paradoxes of improvement -- Another look back, and a look ahead.
