This innovative take on construction toys explores the development and use of building-inspired playthings between 1830 and 1940 as they became the educational toys par excellence for industrial and industrialising societies in Europe and elsewhere....Loe edasi...
First published in 1931, The Economic Consequences of Power Production presents an analysis of the societal and economic impacts of the increasing reliance on electricity and mechanized power....Loe edasi...
First published in 1955, The Robot Era presents a pioneering examination of the emerging field of robotics and automated systems during the post-World War II industrial expansion. This work offers valuable historical insights into how these revoluti...Loe edasi...
Split into two volumes, volume 1 is a cultural history of technology that provides new insights into the international history of nuclear energy by examining the perspectives of six nuclear power plants host communities in Britain and Germany from t...Loe edasi...
This book proposes a comparative reading between formal, or non-formal, structures of learning and individual agency abilities, highlighting influences and entanglements in different geographies from multiple spheres of knowledge and practices....Loe edasi...
History and Evolution of Aircraft reviews the history of aviation from early history to present day, including milestones of civil and military airplanes, helicopters, drones, balloons, and airships. World conflicts are reviewed with a thorough desc...Loe edasi...
Museums and the History of Computing examines the critical role that cultural organisations, such as museums and galleries, play in shaping digital heritage: the cultural heritage surrounding computer technology....Loe edasi...
The story of Blockchain is not just a tale of mathematical experiments. Its primarily a story of the age-old attempt to record human activities and the value that flows from them. This time, however, the goal is to make it accessible to everyone on...Loe edasi...
India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Their native wisdom was adopted by the Europeans engaged in shipbuilding in coastal India. Similarly some of the techniq...Loe edasi...
Presenting a history of agriculture in the American Corn Belt, this book argues that modernization occurred not only for economic reasons but also because of how farmers use technology as a part of their identity and culture....Loe edasi...
This is the third and final book about the North American B-25 Mitchell in service. In this Volume 3, many B-25s are described which operated in civil service in all different countries....Loe edasi...
Behind the Tube (1990) tells the story of the unseen foundation of modern radio, TV and cable the technology that enables programming to reach an audience. It charts the evolution of this technology in all its facets technical, personal, economic a...Loe edasi...
Broadcast Data Systems (1990) looks at the broadcasting technology of data transmission over TV and radio channels commonly known as teletext and RDS. It describes the development of the technology, together with the various aspects of its coding a...Loe edasi...
Television in the Making (1956) looks at television in its infancy, with essays by the leaders of the medium at the time, people who were forging new paths as they imagined and actioned the possibilities of television....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Dec-2023, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003189411)
This volume is a critical examination of the history and impact of automation on society. It provides perspectives on the history of automation and its relationship with power, emphasizing the importance of considering the social context in which au...Loe edasi...
This book departs from existing accounts of Turings imitation game and test by placing Turings proposal in its historical, social, and cultural context....Loe edasi...
First published in 1967, British Locomotive Design is a review of British locomotive practice during the century and a quarter of steams ascendency....Loe edasi...
The book presents a different history of the Russian avant-garde and its cultural encounters with the sciences. It is focusing on the entanglements of architects, filmmakers and philosophers with experimental psychologists and physiologists in the 1...Loe edasi...
