ISBN:
0198037759
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9780198037750
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 358 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Transforming the twentieth century
DDC:
303.48/3/0904
Keywords:
Technological innovations History 20th century
Abstract:
Post-WWI inventions transformed the technical advances that created the modern world, & added new capabilities ranging from both military uses of nuclear energy to the universal diffusion of microprocessors. This book examines most of these technical transformations, & appraises their economic, social, & strategic impacts
Description / Table of Contents:
""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Units and Prefixes""; ""1 Transforming the 20th Century: Debts and Advances""; ""2 Energy Conversions: Growth and Innovation""; ""3 Materials: Old Techniques and New Solutions""; ""4 Rationalized Production: Mechanization, Automation, Robotization""; ""5 Transportation, Communication, Information: Mass and Speed ""; ""6 New Realities and Counterintuitive Worlds: Accomplishments and Concerns ""; ""7 A New Era or an Ephemeral Phenomenon? Outlook for Technical Civilization ""; ""References""; ""Name Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""
Description / Table of Contents:
""I""""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Corporate Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Note:
"Companion volume to Creating the twentieth century: technical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact (published by the Oxford University Press in 2005 ...)"--(Preface)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-340) and indexes
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Web site refers to as volume 2
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