
Ursula Franklin
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 8 years ago |
Date of birth | September 16,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Munich |
Germany | |
Date of died | July 22,2016 |
Died | Christie Gardens Apartments & Care |
Toronto | |
Canada | |
Nationality | Canadian |
German | |
Job | Philosopher |
Physicist | |
Education | University of Toronto - St. George Campus |
Berlin Institute of Technology | |
University of Toronto | |
Technical University Berlin | |
Books | The Ursula Franklin Reader |
Ursula Franklin Speaks: Thoughts and Afterthoughts | |
Every Tool Shapes the Task : Communities and the Information Highway | |
Will Women Change Technology Or Will Technology Change Women? | |
The rhetoric of Valéry's prose aubades | |
The broken angel | |
Perspectives on Friend's Testimonies in Today's World | |
An Examination of Prehistoric Copper Technology and Copper Sources in Western Arctic and Subarctic North America | |
The real world of technology | |
Awards | Governor General's Awards |
Known for | Archaeometry; Pacifism; Feminism; Theories of technology |
Influences | Vandana Shiva |
Jacques Ellul | |
Lewis Mumford | |
E. F. Schumacher | |
C. B. Macpherson | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 652664 |
Ursula Franklin Life story
Ursula Martius Franklin CC OOnt FRSC was a Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author, and educator who taught at the University of Toronto for more than 40 years. Franklin is best known for her writings on the political and social effects of technology.