LEADER 02662nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910792264403321 005 20230120103452.0 010 $a0-19-988341-6 010 $a1-281-19691-6 010 $a0-19-803774-0 010 $a1-4237-3394-0 010 $a9786611196912 035 $a(CKB)2560000000293744 035 $a(EBL)3051947 035 $a(OCoLC)62288212 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000086117 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11122056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086117 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10029565 035 $a(PQKB)11001588 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073861 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3051947 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091837 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL119691 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7038790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3051947 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7038790 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000293744 100 $a20040630d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreating the twentieth century$b[electronic resource] $etechnical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact /$fVaclav Smil 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-516874-7 311 $a0-19-983552-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Z 330 8 $aThe 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. 606 $aTechnological innovations$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aTechnological innovations$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xHistory 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xHistory 676 $a609/.034 700 $aSmil$b Vaclav$0140188 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792264403321 996 $aCreating the twentieth century$93671143 997 $aUNINA