Technology In America Third Edition

Author : Carroll Pursell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262535779

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Technology in America, third edition by Carroll Pursell Pdf

The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The focus on inventors acknowledges that technology is a fundamental form of human behavior and that, ultimately, it is people who have the ideas, design the machines, and build the institutions. These accessible and succinct essays chronicle the work of the famous—among them, Thomas Jefferson, Eli Whitney, and Thomas Alva Edison—and of the sometimes forgotten—including Ellen Swallow Richards, the founder of the home economics movement. One illuminating essay shows how Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin helped Americans confront the modern technological age. This third edition retains the content of the first two editions and adds three new essays: on Rachel Carson and the rise of the environmental movement; on A. C. Gilbert and the development of an American toy industry; and on Lewis Latimer and the struggle of African Americans to gain recognition as professional inventors and engineers. Contributors Lawrence Badash, George Basalla, Robert V. Bruce, Jean Christie, Gail Cooper, Ruth Schwartz Cowan, James J. Flink, Barton C. Hacker, Samuel P. Hays, Brooke Hindle, Thomas Parke Hughes, Reese V. Jenkins, John A. Kouwenhoven, Edwin T. Layton Jr., W. David Lewis, Hugo A. Meier, Carroll Pursell, Adam Rome, Bruce Sinclair, Merritt Roe Smith, Darwin H. Stapleton, John William Ward, James C. Williams

Author : Carroll Pursell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1990-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0262660679

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Technology in America by Carroll Pursell Pdf

This is a collection of essays focusing on the spread and elaboration of American technology, and on the men and women who shaped it. Beginning with technology of America's Wooden Age, the authors discuss Jefferson's perception of the role of technology in a democratic society; the American System of Manufactures of Eli Whitney and others; Thomas P. Jones and the institutionalization of industrialization in educational reforms; McCormick and the spread of industrialization to agriculture; and James Eads and the rise of transportation networks. ISBN 0-262-66049-0 (pbk.): $9.95.

Author : Gary Cross,Richard Szostak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351249096

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Technology and American Society by Gary Cross,Richard Szostak Pdf

Providing a global perspective on the development of American technology, Technology and American Society offers a historical narrative detailing major technological transformations over the last three centuries. With coverage devoted to both dramatic breakthroughs and incremental innovations, authors Gary Cross and Rick Szostak analyze the cause-and-effect relationship of technological change and its role in the constant drive for improvement and modernization. This fully-updated 3rd edition extends coverage of industry, home, office, agriculture, transport, constructions, and services into the twenty-first century, concluding with a new chapter on recent electronic and technological advances. Technology and American Society remains the ideal introduction to the myriad interactions of technological advancement with social, economic, cultural, and military change throughout the course of American history.

Author : Alan I. Marcus,Howard P. Segal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781137334879

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Technology in America by Alan I. Marcus,Howard P. Segal Pdf

Now in a thoroughly updated new edition, this successful textbook surveys the history of technology in America from the 1600s to the 21st century. Alan I Marcus and Howard P. Segal explore the effect society, culture, politics and economics have had upon technological advances, and place the evolution of American technology within the broader context of the development of systems such as transportation and communications. This unique book connects phenomena such as colonial printing presses with the American Revolution; early photographs with the creation of an allegedly unique American character; and high-tech advances in biotechnology with a growing desire for individual autonomy. This is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the history of technology, the history of science, and American history.

Author : Giles Slade
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780674043756

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Made to Break by Giles Slade Pdf

Made to Break is a history of twentieth-century technology as seen through the prism of obsolescence. Giles Slade explains how disposability was a necessary condition for America's rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. This book gives us a detailed and harrowing picture of how, by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives, we may well be shortening the future of our way of life as well.

Author : Christopher C. Kohler,Wayne A. Hubert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fishery management
ISBN : UCSD:31822028198265

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Inland Fisheries Management in North America by Christopher C. Kohler,Wayne A. Hubert Pdf

"The book covers fishery assessments, habitat and community manipulations, and common practices for managing stream, river, lake, and anadromous fisheries. Chapters on history; ecosystem management; management processes; communications with the public; introduced, undesirable, and endangered species; and the legal and regulatory frameworks provide the context for modern fisheries management." From fisheries.org.

Author : Pierre J Benckendorff,Zheng Xiang,Pauline J Sheldon
Publisher : CABI
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786393432

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Tourism Information Technology, 3rd Edition by Pierre J Benckendorff,Zheng Xiang,Pauline J Sheldon Pdf

Fully updated, this new edition covers IT applications and social media across the industry, including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, food service, destinations, events and entertainment. Organized around the visitor journey, it considers how tourists use technologies for decision making before, during and after their travels.

Author : Wolfram Holand,George H. Beall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118265925

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Glass Ceramic Technology by Wolfram Holand,George H. Beall Pdf

Glass-ceramic materials share many properties with both glass and more traditional crystalline ceramics. This new edition examines the various types of glass-ceramic materials, the methods of their development, and their countless applications. With expanded sections on biomaterials and highly bioactive products (i.e., Bioglass and related glass ceramics), as well as the newest mechanisms for the development of dental ceramics and theories on the development of nano-scaled glass-ceramics, here is a must-have guide for ceramic and materials engineers, managers, and designers in the ceramic and glass industry.

Author : James Edward McClellan,Harold Dorn
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0801883598

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Science and Technology in World History by James Edward McClellan,Harold Dorn Pdf

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Author : J.K. Petersen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439873151

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Handbook of Surveillance Technologies, Third Edition by J.K. Petersen Pdf

From officially sanctioned, high-tech operations to budget spy cameras and cell phone video, this updated and expanded edition of a bestselling handbook reflects the rapid and significant growth of the surveillance industry. The Handbook of Surveillance Technologies, Third Edition is the only comprehensive work to chronicle the background and current applications of the full-range of surveillance technologies—offering the latest in surveillance and privacy issues. Cutting-Edge—updates its bestselling predecessor with discussions on social media, GPS circuits in cell phones and PDAs, new GIS systems, Google street-viewing technology, satellite surveillance, sonar and biometric surveillance systems, and emerging developments Comprehensive—from sonar and biometric surveillance systems to satellites, it describes spy devices, legislation, and privacy issues—from their historical origins to current applications—including recent controversies and changes in the structure of the intelligence community at home and abroad Modular—chapters can be read in any order—browse as a professional reference on an as-needed basis—or use as a text forSurveillance Studies courses Using a narrative style and more than 950 illustrations, this handbook will help journalists/newscasters, privacy organizations, and civic planners grasp technical aspects while also providing professional-level information for surveillance studies, sociology and political science educators, law enforcement personnel, and forensic trainees. It includes extensive resource information for further study at the end of each chapter. Covers the full spectrum of surveillance systems, including: Radar • Sonar • RF/ID • Satellite • Ultraviolet • Infrared • Biometric • Genetic • Animal • Biochemical • Computer • Wiretapping • Audio • Cryptologic • Chemical • Biological • X-Ray • Magnetic

Author : Carroll W. Pursell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:819727422

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Technology in America by Carroll W. Pursell Pdf

Author : Gary J. Beach
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118660447

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The U.S. Technology Skills Gap by Gary J. Beach Pdf

Is a widening “skills gap” in science and math education threatening America’s future? That is the seminal question addressed in The U.S. Technology Skills Gap, a comprehensive 104-year review of math and science education in America. Some claim this “skills gap” is “equivalent to a permanent national recession” while others cite how the gap threatens America’s future economic, workforce employability and national security. This much is sure: America’s math and science skills gap is, or should be, an issue of concern for every business and information technology executive in the United States and The U.S Technology Skills Gap is the how-to-get involved guidebook for those executives laying out in a compelling chronologic format: The history of the science and math skills gap in America Explanation of why decades of astute warnings were ignored Inspiring examples of private company efforts to supplement public education A pragmatic 10-step action plan designed to solve the problem And a tantalizing theory of an obscure Japanese physicist that suggests America’s days as the global scientific leader are numbered Engaging and indispensable, The U.S. Technology Skills Gap is essential reading for those eager to see America remain a relevant global power in innovation and invention in the years ahead.

Author : Robert Friedel
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262514019

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A Culture of Improvement by Robert Friedel Pdf

How technological change in the West has been driven by the pursuit of improvement: a history of technology, from plows and printing presses to penicillin, the atomic bomb, and the computer. Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement—the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of improvement" is manifested every day in the ways people carry out their tasks in life—from tilling fields and raising children to waging war. Improvements can be ephemeral or lasting, and one person's improvement may not always be viewed as such by others. Friedel stresses the social processes by which we define what improvements are and decide which improvements will last and which will not. These processes, he emphasizes, have created both winners and losers in history. Friedel presents a series of narratives of Western technology that begin in the eleventh century and stretch into the twenty-first. Familiar figures from the history of invention are joined by others—the Italian preacher who described the first eyeglasses, the dairywomen displaced from their control over cheesemaking, and the little-known engineer who first suggested a grand tower to Gustav Eiffel. Friedel traces technology from the plow and the printing press to the internal combustion engine, the transistor, and the space shuttle. Friedel also reminds us that faith in improvement can sometimes have horrific consequences, as improved weaponry makes warfare ever more deadly and the drive for improving human beings can lead to eugenics and even genocide. The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, A Culture of Improvement documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.

Author : Brian R. Murphy,David W. Willis,American Fisheries Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015039055580

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Fisheries Techniques by Brian R. Murphy,David W. Willis,American Fisheries Society Pdf

Author : Dale Ensminger,Leonard J. Bond
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780824758899

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Ultrasonics by Dale Ensminger,Leonard J. Bond Pdf

Recent advances in power electronics greatly benefit the multidisciplinary field of modern ultrasonics. More powerful, compact, and versatile electronic chips and software enable new computer-based devices for real-time data capture, storage, analysis, and display and advance the science and technology employed in commercial systems and applications of ultrasound. Reviewing the scientific basis behind these improvements, Ultrasonics: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Applications, Third Edition discusses them in detail, with new and additional figures and references, offering a completely revised and expanded examination of the state of modern ultrasonics. This new edition of a bestselling industry reference discusses the full breadth of ultrasonics applications for industrial and medical use and provides the fundamentals and insights gathered over the authors’ collective 80 years in the field. It provides a unique and comprehensive treatment of the science and technology behind the latest advancements and applications in both low and high power implementations. Coverage combines fundamental physics, a review and analysis of sensors and transducers, and the systems required for the full spectrum of industrial, nondestructive testing and medical and biomedical uses. It includes citations of numerous references and covers both main stream and the more unusual and obscure applications of ultrasound. Ultrasonics is ubiquitous in its industrial applications for sensing, NDT, and process measurements, in high power forms for processing and sonochemistry, as well as in medical procedures where it is used for diagnosis, therapy and surgery. This book provides a complete overview of the field, presenting numerous applications, cutting-edge advancements and improvements, additional figures and references, and a look at future directions.