From: David Dunham (dunham@pensee.com)
Date: Fri 06 Oct 2000 - 09:09:49 EEST
Andrew Barton asked
> Can anyone recommend an accessible history of technology?
It's not really a history of technology, but I'm currently reading
Ancient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe, which is fairly
entertaining.
One bit of data from this book: trousers were worn as far back as
20000 years ago, which considerably pre-dates the domestication of
the horse (though there's intriguing cave art that shows a bridled
horse, dated about 17000 years ago).
David Dunham <mailto:dunham@pensee.com>
Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html>
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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