History of American Science & Technology – serie

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3 produkter

1. 

   Technical Knowledge in American Culture

   Science, Technology and Medicine Since the Early 1800s

   Av Hamilton Cravens, David M. Katzman m. fl.

   Häftad, 1996

   386 kr

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   This text addresses the relationship between what modern-day experts say to each other and to their constituencies and whether what they say and do relates to the larger culture and society. It challenges the social impact model by looking at science and technology as intellectual activities.

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   Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District

   An Industrial Epic

   Av W. David Lewis

   Inbunden, 1994

   528 kr

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   This text argues that the rise of the Sloss Furnaces and Birmingham epitomised the emergence of the United States as a world economic power and the closing of a once-profitable ironmaking installation typified challenges that were facing America in the post-industrial age.

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   American Science in the Age of Jackson

   Av George H. Daniels

   Häftad, 1994

   398 kr

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   In this attempt to define an American scientific community, the author shows how American scientists emerged from a disorganised group of amateurs, into a professional body sharing a common orientation and goals. He has chosen for study 56 scientists most published between 1815 and 1845.