Creating the twentieth century : technical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact / / Vaclav Smil
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| Autore: |
Smil Vaclav
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| Titolo: |
Creating the twentieth century : technical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact / / Vaclav Smil
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 609/.034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Technological innovations - History - 19th century |
| Technological innovations - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Z |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Creating the twentieth century |
| ISBN: | 0-19-988341-6 |
| 1-281-19691-6 | |
| 0-19-803774-0 | |
| 1-4237-3394-0 | |
| 9786611196912 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910966932503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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