Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences Smil Vaclav (Distinguished Professor Distinguished Professor University of Manitoba) Wydawca: Oxford University Press Inc Data wydania: 2006 ISBN: 9780195168754 Liczba stron: 368 Format: 235 x 160 x 25 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Post-WW1 inventions transformed the fundamental technical advances that created the modern world, and added new capabilities ranging from both military uses of nuclear energy to the universal diffusion of microprocessors. This book examines almost all of these technical transformations, and appraises their economic, social, and strategic impacts.