The engineering revolution : how the modern world was changed by technology / edited by Angus Buchanan ; with contributions by David Ashford [and 9 others].
- Published
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Transport, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Physical Description
- 229 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Buchanan, R. A. (Robert Angus), 1930- and Ashford, David, 1939-
- Contents
- Introduction : Technology in context / Angus Buchanan -- Feeding the people / Mike Bone ; Postscript : Milling / Owen Ward -- Power for industry and society / Angus Buchanan -- Structures : buildings and civil engineering / Stephen K Jones -- Transport I : a brief history of shipping / Giles Richardson -- Transport II : the steam revolution on land and sea / Angus Buchanan -- Transport III : a brief history of aeronautics / David Ashford -- Modern communications / Robin Morris -- The history of technology in medicine / Richard Harvey -- Technology and society / Angus Buchanan ; Postscript : Warfare and society / Brenda Buchanan -- Technological prospects / David Ashford -- The heritage of technology / Keith Falconer.
- Summary
- Over the past two million years that human species have inhabited the Planet Earth they have distinguished themselves by their ability to make and do things creatively to ensure their survival. From the beginning, therefore, they have been defined by their technology, and the history of technology is the history of the species. For most of this period, the development of human technical skills has been extremely slow and repetitive, limited to basic tools and weapons and the ability to control fire. The utilisation of animal power and the invention of the means of harnessing the power of wind and falling water added gradually to their technical skills, but it was the discovery of ways of using power from heat engines a mere three hundred years ago that accelerated this process into a prodigious expansion of technical power that fundamentally transformed human societies . It is this development which deserves to be to be called 'The Engineering Revolution' and provides the primary focus of this book.
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- ISBN
- 9781473899087 (hardback)
1473899087 (hardback) - Note
- ED: UNIVERSITY OF BATH. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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