
History of Engineering and Technology
Artful Methods
Ervan G. Garrison(Author)
CRC Press
2nd Edition
Published on 29. June 1998
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-8493-9810-0 (ISBN)
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.
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.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 34 s/w Tabellen
34 Tables, black and white; 30 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
872 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-9810-0 (9780849398100)
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07/1991
CRC Press
€49.60
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Person
Ervan G. Garrison
Content
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