Engineering the Environment
Title | Engineering the Environment PDF eBook |
Author | David P. D. Munns |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2017-07-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0822982765 |
Promising an end to global hunger and political instability, huge climate-controlled laboratories known as phytotrons spread around the world to thirty countries after the Second World War. The United States built nearly a dozen, including the first at Caltech in 1949. Made possible by computers and other novel greenhouse technologies of the early Cold War, phytotrons enabled plant scientists to experiment on the environmental causes of growth and development of living organisms. Subsequently, they turned biologists into technologists who, in their pursuit of knowledge about plants, also set out to master the machines that controlled their environment. Engineering the Environment tells the forgotten story of a research program that revealed the shape of the environment, the limits of growth and development, and the limits of human control over complex technological systems. As support and funding for basic science dwindled in the mid-1960s, phytotrons declined and ultimately disappeared—until, nearly thirty years later, the British built the Ecotron to study the impact of climate change on biological communities. By revisiting this history of phytotrons, David Munns reminds us of the vital role they can play in helping researchers unravel the complexities of natural ecosystems in the Anthropocene.
Engineering Pittsburgh
Title | Engineering Pittsburgh PDF eBook |
Author | ASCE Pittsburgh Section 100th Anniversary Publication Committee |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2018-09-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439665060 |
Western Pennsylvania's infrastructure is renowned for traversing valleys, mountains, rivers and everything in between. Early surveying in the region delineated state and local boundaries that allowed for the mapping of canals, railroads and roadways. Engineers developed bridges, ground transportation systems and airports that linked Pittsburgh to the world. Frequently overflowing rivers transformed into reliable navigation passageways. Drinking water and wastewater treatment systems allowed development and population to flourish, leading to investments in iconic buildings. Join expert civil engineers and professionals as they narrate the story of Pittsburgh and the surrounding region's engineering triumphs.
Facts from the Engineers of Today to the Engineer of Tomorrow
Title | Facts from the Engineers of Today to the Engineer of Tomorrow PDF eBook |
Author | Pitt engineering association |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Engineering |
ISBN |
Engineering Pittsburgh: A History of Roads, Rails, Canals, Bridges & More
Title | Engineering Pittsburgh: A History of Roads, Rails, Canals, Bridges & More PDF eBook |
Author | ASCE Pittsburgh Section 100th Anniversary Publication Committee |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625859694 |
Western Pennsylvania's infrastructure is renowned for traversing valleys, mountains, rivers and everything in between. Early surveying in the region delineated state and local boundaries that allowed for the mapping of canals, railroads and roadways. Engineers developed bridges, ground transportation systems and airports that linked Pittsburgh to the world. Frequently overflowing rivers transformed into reliable navigation passageways. Drinking water and wastewater treatment systems allowed development and population to flourish, leading to investments in iconic buildings. Join expert civil engineers and professionals as they narrate the story of Pittsburgh and the surrounding region's engineering triumphs.
Facts from the Engineers of Today to the Engineer of Tomorrow
Title | Facts from the Engineers of Today to the Engineer of Tomorrow PDF eBook |
Author | University of Pittsburgh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Engineering Pittsburgh: A History of Roads, Rails, Canals, Bridges and More
Title | Engineering Pittsburgh: A History of Roads, Rails, Canals, Bridges and More PDF eBook |
Author | Asce Pittsburgh Section 100th Anniversar |
Publisher | History Press Library Editions |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2018-09-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781540235992 |
Schools of Engineering and Mines
Title | Schools of Engineering and Mines PDF eBook |
Author | University of Pittsburgh. School of Engineering |
Publisher | |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Engineering |
ISBN |