Transforming the twentieth century : technical innovations and their consequences /

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 econom...

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Main Author: Smil, Vaclav
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Web site refers to as volume 2.
"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)
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-340) and indexes.
ISBN:9780198037750
0198037759
9780199883424
0199883424