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Our Own Devices
The Past and Future of Body Technology
By Edward Tenner
Knopf. 314 pp. $26
Reviewed by Richard Di Dio
Philadelphia Inquirer - Sunday, June 8, 2003
For physicists, string theory is one of the great hopes for an ultimate theory of matter. However, this "theory of everything" leaves out some tiny details - human behavior, for example. In Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology, Edward Tenner focuses on everyday objects instead of subatomic particles. In this stellar fusion of how we design and use technology, and how technology in turn transforms us, the simple shoestring is a more appropriate path to understanding everything that matters.
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