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EBOOK Transforming the Twentieth Century:Technical Innovations and Their Consequences
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199883424
EAN: 5A9D56D2EB
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Stron: 368
Data wydania: 2006
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This inquiry into the technical advances that shaped the 20th century follows the        evolutions of all the principal innovations introduced before 1913 (as detailed in        the first volume) as well as the origins and elaborations of all fundamental 20th        century advances. The history of the 20th century is rooted in amazing technical        advances of 1871-1913, but the century differs so remarkably from the preceding 100        years because of several unprecedented combinations. The 20th century had followed        on the path defined during the half century preceding the beginning of World War I,        but it has traveled along that path at a very different pace, with different        ambitions and intents. The new century's developments elevated both the magnitudes        of output and the spatial distribution of mass industrial production and to new and,        in many ways, virtually incomparable levels. Twentieth century science and        engineering conquered and perfected a number of fundamental challenges which        remained unresolved before 1913, and which to many critics appeared insoluble. This        book is organized in topical chapters dealing with electricity, engines, materials        and syntheses, and information techniques. It concludes with an extended examination        of contradictory consequences of our admirable technical progress by confronting the        accomplishments and perils of systems that brought liberating simplicity as well as        overwhelming complexity, that created unprecedented affluence and equally        unprecedented economic gaps, that greatly increased both our security and fears as        well as our understanding and ignorance, and that provided the means for greater        protection of the biosphere while concurrently undermining some of the key        biophysical foundations of life on Earth.Transforming the Twentieth Century will        offer a wide-ranging interdisciplinary appreciation of the undeniable technical        foundations of the modern world as well as a multitude of welcome and worrisome        consequences of these developments. It will combine scientific rigor with accessible        writing, thoroughly illustrated by a large number of appropriate images that will        include historical photographs and revealing charts of long-term trends.

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