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100 1 $aSmil, Vaclav.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82053006
245 10 $aCreating the twentieth century :$btechnical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact /$cVaclav Smil.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2005.
300 $aix, 350 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-335) and indexes.
505 00 $g1.$tThe great inheritance -- $g2.$tThe age of electricity -- $g3.$tInternal combustion engines -- $g4.$tNew materials and new syntheses -- $g5.$tCommunication and information -- $g6.$tA new civilization -- $g7.$tContemporary perceptions.
520 1 $a"The greatest technical discontinuity in history took place between 1867 and 1914. This era was distinguished by the most extraordinary concatenation of a large number of scientific and technical advances the synergy of which produced bold and imaginative innovations as well as ingenious improvements of older ideas, by the rapidity with which these innovations were improved after their introduction, by their prompt commercial adoption and widespread diffusion, and by the extent of the resulting socio-economic impacts." "Most of these innovations were greatly improved by subsequent research and development and some were superseded - but no post-WWI period ever equaled the epoch-making impact of pre-1914 technical advances that created the very foundations of modern civilization. This interdisciplinary book systematically traces and explains the genesis, evolution and lasting consequences of this great technical saltation."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTechnological innovations$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aTechnological innovations$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009103043
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