LEADER 05207nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910460086003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-02011-4 010 $a9786613020116 010 $a0-262-28977-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079934 035 $a(OCoLC)715172659 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10453049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474036 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12190141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474036 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10450150 035 $a(PQKB)10865930 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339203 035 $a(OCoLC)707081142$z(OCoLC)778008621$z(OCoLC)965381524$z(OCoLC)1055405680$z(OCoLC)1063877574$z(OCoLC)1081294916$z(OCoLC)1091361165 035 $a(OCoLC-P)707081142 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339203 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10453049 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL302011 035 $a(OCoLC)707081142 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079934 100 $a20091215d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrime movers of globalization$b[electronic resource] $ethe history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines /$fVaclav Smil 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-51876-7 311 $a0-262-01443-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 1 $a""In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping and intercontinental air travel so cheap that they have changed the face of our planet. Marshall McLuhan's dreams of a Global Village have become true in unimagined ways. Being an engineer myself, I admire the way Smil portrays the human Cinderellas of the industrial world: the unsung engineers who made momentous advances in the reliability and efficiency of their machines. Smil's book makes me proud of my profession."--Henk Tennekes, author of The Simple Science of Flight" ""A stimulating book that connects the past with the future, from an outstanding writer who knows all about sustainability and the issues that make it such a challenge for us."--John B. Heywood, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sun Jae Professor, Emeritus, MIT" ""Smil masterfully traces the technological evolution and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines, and makes a convincing case for their role as prime movers of globalization---even though these technologies escape public notice, buried in the bowels of ships, trucks, and power plants, and humming reliably under the wings of planes."--Rajan Gupta, Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory." 330 8 $a"The many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is flat to an unlikely rehabilitation of Genghis Khan as a pioneer of global commerce. Missing from these accounts is a consideration of the technologies behind the creation of the globalized economy. What makes it possible for us to move billions of tons of raw materials and manufactured goods from continent to continent? Why are we able to fly almost anywhere on the planet within twenty-four hours? In Prime Movers of Globalization, Vaclav Smil offers a history of two key technical developments that have driven globalization: the high-compression non-sparking internal combustion engines invented by Rudolf Diesel in the 1890's and the gas turbines designed by Frank Whittle and Hans-Joachim Pabst von Ohain in the 1930's. The massive diesel engines that power cargo ships and the gas turbines that propel jet engines, Smil argues, are more important to the global economy than any corporate structure or international trade agreement." "Smil compares the efficiency and scale of these two technologies to prime movers of the past, including the sail and the steam engine. The lengthy processes of development, commercialization, and diffusion that the diesel engine and the gas turbine went through, he argues, provide perfect examples of gradual technical advances that receive little attention but have resulted in epochal shifts in global affairs and the global economy."--Jacket. 606 $aDiesel motor$xHistory 606 $aGas-turbines$xHistory 606 $aTechnology and civilization 606 $aTransportation$xTechnological innovations$xHistory 606 $aMotor vehicles$xMotors$xHistory 606 $aGlobalization$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDiesel motor$xHistory. 615 0$aGas-turbines$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnology and civilization. 615 0$aTransportation$xTechnological innovations$xHistory. 615 0$aMotor vehicles$xMotors$xHistory. 615 0$aGlobalization$xHistory. 676 $a621.43 700 $aSmil$b Vaclav$0140188 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460086003321 996 $aPrime movers of globalization$92201053 997 $aUNINA