Engineering in History - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486264122 ISBN 13: 9780486264127

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1990

Riassunto

With a minimum of technical detail, and in highly readable style, this book presents a fascinating overview of the development of engineering I Western civilization, from its origins to the twentieth century. The book is organized around the authors' division into eight primary events:
Food-producing revolution (6000–3000 B. C.)
Appearance of urban society (3000–2000 B. C.)
Birth of Greek science (600–300 B. C.)
Revolution in power (Middle Ages)
Rise of modern science (seventeenth century)
Steam and the Industrial Revolution (eighteenth century)
Electricity and the beginnings of applied science (nineteenth century)
Age of automatic control (twentieth century)
Not an exhaustive history, this book focuses on those achievements whose impact on civilization, in the authors' view, has been most significant. In the case of specific inventions, machinery or other man-made creations, the book offers a comprehensive, detailed description, including an overall perspective, an analysis of component parts and their interrelationships, a presentation of essential dimensions, and techniques of construction or assembly. Implied throughout the text is the idea of technology as a creative near-artistic that plays a role in what Cassirer has called "the process of man's progressive self-liberation." The book concludes with a well-balanced essay on the impact of engineering on society, in which the authors argue that technology must be subservient to ethical and aesthetic values.
Enhanced by 181 illustrations, Engineering in History is a superb blend of history and applied science that will interest not only engineers and students of technology, but any reader curious about the epochal strides man has made toward understanding, adapting to and learning to utilize his physical environment.

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Contenuti:

PREFACE CHAPTER ONE Origins CHAPTER TWO Urban Society CHAPTER THREE Greek Engineering CHAPTER FOUR Imperial Civilization CHAPTER FIVE The Revolution in Power CHAPTER SIX Foundations for Industry CHAPTER SEVEN The Industrial Revolution CHAPTER EIGHT "Roads, Canals, Bridges" CHAPTER NINE Steam Vessels and Locomotives CHAPTER TEN Iron and Steel CHAPTER ELEVEN Electrical Engineering CHAPTER TWELVE Modern Transportation CHAPTER THIRTEEN Sanitary and Hydraulic Engineering CHAPTER FOURTEEN Construction CHAPTER FIFTEEEN Reflections INDEX

Product Description:

Broad, nontechnical survey offers fascinating coverage of history's major technological advances: food-producing revolution, appearance of urban society, birth of Greek science, revolution in power, steam and the Industrial Revolution, electricity and the beginnings of applied science, and the age of automatic control. 181 illustrations. "Excellent." - Isis.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0486264122
• ISBN 13: 9780486264127
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 516
• Redattore: Kirby Richard Shelton