Probably the most personally influential history of technology book I've read is Paul Rabinow's "Making PCR." It deals with issues around the path dependence of technology and how new technologies often arise from repurposing existing technologies. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo361492... (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3614928.html)
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