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Transforming the twentieth century : technical innovations and their consequences /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smil, Vaclav
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Technological innovations > History > 20th century.
Innovations > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
Technological innovations
Technische vernieuwing.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Transforming th 20th century : debts and advances
  • Energy conversions : growth and innovation
  • Materials : old techniques and new solutions
  • Rationalized production : mechanization, automation, robotization
  • Transportation, communication, information : mass and speed
  • New realities and counterintuitive worlds : accomplishments and concerns
  • A new era or an ephemeral phenomenon? : outlook for technical civilization.