A culture of improvement [[electronic resource] ] : technology and the Western millennium / / Robert Friedel |
Autore | Friedel Robert D (Robert Douglas), <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 588 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Western
Intellectual life Technological innovations - History Technology and civilization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-09864-0
9786612098642 0-262-27323-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454492003321 |
Friedel Robert D (Robert Douglas), <1950-> | ||
Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A culture of improvement [[electronic resource] ] : technology and the Western millennium / / Robert Friedel |
Autore | Friedel Robert D (Robert Douglas), <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 588 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Western
Intellectual life Technological innovations - History Technology and civilization |
ISBN |
1-282-09864-0
9786612098642 0-262-27323-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782035203321 |
Friedel Robert D (Robert Douglas), <1950-> | ||
Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium / / Robert Friedel |
Autore | Friedel Robert D (Robert Douglas), <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 588 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Western
Intellectual life Technological innovations - History Technology and civilization |
ISBN |
1-282-09864-0
9786612098642 0-262-27323-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823886103321 |
Friedel Robert D (Robert Douglas), <1950-> | ||
Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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