02659nam 2200649Ia 450 991082007950332120240416063155.00-19-988341-61-281-19691-60-19-803774-01-4237-3394-09786611196912(CKB)2560000000293744(EBL)3051947(OCoLC)62288212(SSID)ssj0000086117(PQKBManifestationID)11122056(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086117(PQKBWorkID)10029565(PQKB)11001588(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073861(Au-PeEL)EBL3051947(CaPaEBR)ebr10091837(CaONFJC)MIL119691(Au-PeEL)EBL7038790(MiAaPQ)EBC3051947(MiAaPQ)EBC7038790(EXLCZ)99256000000029374420040630d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreating the twentieth century technical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact /Vaclav Smil1st ed.New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516874-7 0-19-983552-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Units and Abbreviations; 1 The Great Inheritance; 2 The Age of Electricity; 3 Internal Combustion Engines; 4 New Materials and New Syntheses; 5 Communication and Information; 6 A New Civilization; 7 Contemporary Perceptions; References; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZThe two pre-World War I generations encompassed the greatest innovative period in history. Technical inventions of 1867-1914 & their rapid improvement & commercialisation created new prime movers, materials, infrastructures & information means that provided the lasting foundations of the modern world.Technological innovationsHistory19th centuryTechnological innovationsHistory20th centuryTechnological innovationsHistoryTechnological innovationsHistory609/.034Smil Vaclav140188MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820079503321Creating the twentieth century4013983UNINA