The Invention of the Light Bulb Might Support Heilbroner's Thesis

question 11

Multiple Choice

The invention of the light bulb might support Heilbroner's thesis about technological determinism in what way?

• A) The light bulb is only an incremental improvement over a kerosene lamp.
• B) The conditions of the early 19th century made its invention easy to predict.
• C) Once invented, it is impossible to go back because we are determined to use this invention.
• D) Two inventors invented it almost simultaneously.

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