September 14, 2001, Special Segment: Technology and Society

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Special Segment: Technology and Society

Talk of the Nation: Science Friday was pre-empted this week for ongoing NPR special coverage of the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Host Ira Flatow discussed the role of technology in the attacks, the World Trade Center as a symbol of technological achievement, and future engineers' response to the attacks.

Guests:
David A. Mindell
Frances and David Dibner Associate Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing
Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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