02680nam 2200613Ia 450 991082388610332120240416211353.01-282-09864-097866120986420-262-27323-3(CKB)1000000000523094(SSID)ssj0000278417(PQKBManifestationID)11211167(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278417(PQKBWorkID)10246197(PQKB)11540206(MiAaPQ)EBC3338685(Au-PeEL)EBL3338685(CaPaEBR)ebr10185590(CaONFJC)MIL209864(OCoLC)191935478(EXLCZ)99100000000052309420060821d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA culture of improvement technology and the Western millennium /Robert Friedel1st ed.Cambridge, MA MIT Pressc2007x, 588 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-06262-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-568) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Technology and Improvement -- 2 Plows and Horses -- 3 Power -- 4 Buildings for God and Man -- 5 Transforming Matter -- 6 Light and Time -- 7 Types of Change -- 8 Earth, Fire, Water, and Air -- 9 Improving Knowledge -- 10 Improvers and Engineers -- 11 Raising Fire -- 12 Fabrics of Change -- 13 Artisans, Philosophes, and Entrepreneurs -- 14 Airs and Lightning -- 15 Mobility -- 16 Messages -- 17 Engineering Emerges -- 18 Stuff, Reality, and Dreams -- 19 The Improvement of Violence -- 20 Learning -- 21 Dynamics -- 22 Land and Life -- 23 Scale -- 24 The Corruption of Improvement -- 25 Networks -- 26 Improvement's End -- Notes -- Index.How technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement: a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the computer.Civilization, WesternIntellectual lifeTechnological innovationsHistoryTechnology and civilizationCivilization, Western.Intellectual life.Technological innovationsHistory.Technology and civilization.303.48/3Friedel Robert D(Robert Douglas),1950-1672101MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823886103321A culture of improvement4035159UNINA