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...Daugiau...
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....Daugiau...
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...Daugiau...
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....Daugiau...
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...Daugiau...
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...Daugiau...
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....Daugiau...
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...Daugiau...
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...Daugiau...
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....Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 18-Dec-2023, Leidėjas: 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...Daugiau...
This book departs from existing accounts of Turings imitation game and test by placing Turings proposal in its historical, social, and cultural context....Daugiau...
First published in 1967, British Locomotive Design is a review of British locomotive practice during the century and a quarter of steams ascendency....Daugiau...
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...Daugiau...
Originally published in 1881, but here reissuing the 1906 edition with a new introduction by Stephen J. Scaysbrook, the Mitchells Building and Construction Stage 2, 3 and Honours book offer an unparalleled insight into historic construction techniq...Daugiau...
This title was first published in 2003. This text describes the technical development of British roads in relation to the needs of the time, and thereby touches upon its relation to the history of the country more generally....Daugiau...
While so many books on technology look at new advances and digital technologies, The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence looks back at analog technologies that are disappearing, considering their demise and what it says about me...Daugiau...
This book uses a story-telling approach to present the multitude of applications associated with industrial engineering. It traces the profession from its early days to the present day of digital engineering and additive manufacturing....Daugiau...
In this new edition of Greek and Roman Technology, the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient texts to provide a history and analysis of the origins and development of technology in the classical world....Daugiau...
