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Book
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2005
602 kr
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One of life's most frequently encountered technologies is perhaps the one most often taken for granted: the printed book. Daily contact with books makes these everyday objects so familiar that one is apt to forget that the invention of the book has more profoundly altered civilization than almost …
Railroad
The Life Story of a Technology
E-bok, 2005
655 kr
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Railroads altered the landscape of the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to travel far greater distances than ever before, completely altering our concept of time and space. And while railroads …
Television
The Life Story of a Technology
E-bok, 2007
702 kr
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For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of communication for 50 years. Almost all American households have a television set; many have more than one. Transmitting images and sounds electronically is a relatively recent invention, one that required passionate inventors, …
Telephone
The Life Story of a Technology
Av David Mercer
E-bok, 2006
655 kr
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The telephone has played a central role in shaping the way we communicate. From the telegraph in the 19th century through the mobile phone of today, the technology of the telephone has drastically altered how people work, how they keep in touch with friends and loved ones, and how they organize …
Urban Mass Transit
The Life Story of a Technology
E-bok, 2006
660 kr
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This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around. Just a few hundred years ago, the size of cities was limited by the time it took people to move from one part of the city to another. …
Rockets and Missiles
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2004
715 kr
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Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable to sudden, unannounced, long-distance destruction. At the same time, rockets made possible one of the great triumphs of the modern age—the exploration of space. Rockets …
Firearms
The Life Story of a Technology
Av Roger Pauly
Inbunden, 2004
715 kr
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Guns have existed in various forms for hundreds of years, and few objects have had such an immense impact on the history of the world. But how did firearms develop? Why did the styles of guns change over the years? Firearms tells the life story of the gun, from the hand-held weapons of ancient …
Cars and Culture
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2004
736 kr
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More than any other artifact of modern technology, the automobile has shaped our physical, social, and cultural environment. At the same time, the history of the automobile demonstrates how decisions made by governments, entrepreneurs, and the general public have strongly affected the automobile's …
Railroad
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2005
602 kr
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Railroads altered the landscape of the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to travel far greater distances than ever before, completely altering our concept of time and space. And while railroads …
Sound Recording
The Life Story of a Technology
Av David Morton
Inbunden, 2004
736 kr
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How did one of the great inventions of the 19th century— Thomas Edison's phonograph— eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the 20th and 21st centuries? Sound Recording tells that story, tracing the history of the business boom and the cultural …
Television
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2007
644 kr
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For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of communication for 50 years. Almost all American households have a television set; many have more than one. Transmitting images and sounds electronically is a relatively recent invention, one that required passionate inventors, …
Computers
The Life Story of a Technology
Av Eric G. Swedin, David L. Ferro
Inbunden, 2005
663 kr
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The computer is the great technological and scientific innovation of the last half of the twentieth century. It has revolutionized how we organize information, how we communicate with each other, and even the way that we think about the human mind. Computers have eased the drudgery of such tasks as …
Airplanes
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2006
644 kr
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The invention of the airplane redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war. From the Wright brothers' wood-and-fabric Flyer to the modern jet aircraft, the airplane has evolved in countless ways as its many uses have unfolded. The development of …
Radio
The Life Story of a Technology
Av Brian Regal
Inbunden, 2005
644 kr
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This book chronicles the history of radio as technology and as media. Radio grew from a clumsy, temperamental form of wireless telegraph to a system that is so ubiquitous and easy to use that it has disappeared to users as a technology and became part of the fabric of human existence. This …
Robot
The Life Story of a Technology
Av Lisa Nocks
Inbunden, 2007
663 kr
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In almost all depictions of the future, one technology plays a prominent role - the robot. Science fiction movies and stories tell us that, in the not so distant future, robots - from Robbie the Robot to C3PO to the Terminator - will be everywhere, taking care of every human need. Those are …
Telephone
The Life Story of a Technology
Av David Mercer
Inbunden, 2006
602 kr
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The telephone has played a central role in shaping the way we communicate. From the telegraph in the 19th century through the mobile phone of today, the technology of the telephone has drastically altered how people work, how they keep in touch with friends and loved ones, and how they organize …
Electronics
The Life Story of a Technology
Av David Morton, Joseph Gabriel Ph.D.
Inbunden, 2004
736 kr
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Electronics is the first book of its kind—a comprehensive account of the history of one of the late 20th century's greatest technologies—the field of electron devices. Some of these devices, the laser and the microchip for example, have become household words, but their origins and operation are …
American Military Technology
The Life Story of a Technology
Av Barton C. Hacker, Margaret Vining
Inbunden, 2006
620 kr
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War is part of American history. This book examines how military technology both molded and reflected interactions between American military institutions and other American institutions. The growth of engineering and science has reshaped military technology, organization, and practice from the …
Urban Mass Transit
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2006
602 kr
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This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around. Just a few hundred years ago, the size of cities was limited by the time it took people to move from one part of the city to another. …
