Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title | Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Chisholm |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1090 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
20 Fun Facts About the Industrial Revolution
Title | 20 Fun Facts About the Industrial Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Stoltman |
Publisher | Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2018-07-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1538219115 |
The Industrial Revolution was one of the most dramatic eras of all time, filled with fascinating people, strange events, and incredible stories. This period of great change comes into sharp focus through each spread with detailed, accessible language. Each fact is complemented with vivid, carefully-chosen historical images and illustrations, and a caption that adds just a touch more history. Readers are drawn deep into the facts not covered in history textbooks, like working conditions, inventions, failures, and characters, to make this important history lesson fun and engaging.
How America Lives
Title | How America Lives PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Wellington Laidler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Cost and standard of living |
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Industrial Facts
Title | Industrial Facts PDF eBook |
Author | Kirby Page |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Labor |
ISBN |
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Title | The Fourth Industrial Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Klaus Schwab |
Publisher | Currency |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2017-01-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1524758876 |
World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wearable sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manufacturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individuals. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frameworks that advance progress.
Guide-book to the Industrial Exhibition; with Facts, Figures, and Observations on the Manufactures and Produce Exhibited. [With Illustrations.]
Title | Guide-book to the Industrial Exhibition; with Facts, Figures, and Observations on the Manufactures and Produce Exhibited. [With Illustrations.] PDF eBook |
Author | Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations of 1851 (London) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1851 |
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How America Lives
Title | How America Lives PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Wellington Laidler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1930 |
Genre | Cost and standard of living |
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