I liked the Cowan article that supplemented the reading in the book as well.  It was interesting to see what a short and atypical history the word "technology" had before it came to be what it is today.  I would not have guessed that it actually meant "knowledge of the arts" in its original form.  I also wouldn't have guessed that the arts it referred to did not mean ballet and painting.  -Kelly W.

I liked the Cowan article that supplemented the reading in the book as well.  It was interesting to see what a short and atypical history the word "technology" had before it came to be what it is today.  I would not have guessed that it actually meant "knowledge of the arts" in its original form.  I also wouldn't have guessed that the arts it referred to did not mean ballet and painting.  -Kelly W.