History of Technology Volume 22
Title | History of Technology Volume 22 PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Hollister-Short |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2016-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1350018945 |
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them, form the concern of this annual collection of essays. History of Technology, Volume 22 deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relation of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.Published under the auspices of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London
History of Technology Volume 23
Title | History of Technology Volume 23 PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Inkster |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2016-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 135001897X |
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life--social, cultural and economic--and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
History of Technology Volume 21
Title | History of Technology Volume 21 PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Hollister-Short |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 2016-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1350018910 |
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
History of Technology Volume 16
Title | History of Technology Volume 16 PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Hollister-Short |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2016-09-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1350018716 |
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
History of Technology Volume 10
Title | History of Technology Volume 10 PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Smith |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2016-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1350018414 |
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
History of Technology Volume 11
Title | History of Technology Volume 11 PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Smith |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 379 |
Release | 2016-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1350018481 |
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2
Title | Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | David Deming |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786456426 |
Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the second in a roughly chronological series, explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam through the Middle Ages, focusing especially on the historical relationship between science and religion. Specific topics include technological innovations during the Middle Ages; Islamic science; the Crusades; Gothic cathedrals; and the founding of Western universities. Close attention is given to such figures as Paul the Apostle, Hippolytus, Lactantius, Cyril of Alexandria, Hypatia, Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Prophet Mohammed.