A history of engineering and technology : artful methods
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A history of engineering and technology : artful methods
CRC Press, c1999
2nd ed
- : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
History of Engineering and Technology provides an illustrated history of engineered technology from the Stone Age to the Nuclear Age. Examining important areas of engineering and technology, this second edition contains:
New contributions on
Airships and zeppelins
Highways and economics
Early hydroelectricity
Chemical engineering
Technology and history
Brunel and the Royal Navy
Stealth and the submarine
Computer history
Deepwater engineering
Science fiction and the evolution of modern engineering
Art and engineering
Electric motors, radio, and batteries
Expansion of these existing chapters
Mining and the Location of Minerals
Water Distribution: Qanots to Acequias
Biomedical Engineering
Communication Engineering: Shannon to Satellites
Personalities and the Auto: Ford and Ferrari
Failures in Engineering: Chernobyl, Titanic, Tacoma Narrows, Challenger
Cold Fusion, Electric Cars, and Other "Humbug"
This introductory book presents the persons, concepts, and events that made salient contributions to the engineering narrative, reporting a compelling story spanning millennia and encouraging a sense of history for its readers.
Table of Contents
The Earliest Builders
Early Empires and the Conquest of Materials
Classical Antiquity: The Greeks
Rome - The Engineering of War and Cities
Ancient Power and Metallurgy
Byzantine and Islamic Engineering - Picking Up a Fallen Torch
Middle Ages - Masters of Stone
Renaissance
17th and 18th Centuries
The Advent of Steam and Mechanical Engineering
Sanitary and Hydraulic Engineering
20th Century Engineering: Part 1
20th Century Engineering: Part 2
New Technology and the Future
Bibliography
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"