The History and Future of Technology : Can Technology Save Humanity from Extinction? [E-Book]/ by Robert U. Ayres
Eminent physicist and economist, Robert Ayres, examines the history of technology as a change agent in society, focusing on societal roots rather than technology as an autonomous, self-perpetuating phenomenon. With rare exceptions, technology is developed in response to societal needs that have evol...
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Personal Name(s): | Ayres, Robert U., author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2021 |
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Springer,
2021
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Physical Description: |
XVIII, 830 pages 286 illustrations, 217 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030713935 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-71393-5 |
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- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Fire and water: technologies extending nature
- Chapter 3. Extensions of the body
- Chapter 4. Words and music
- Chapter 5. Printing, movable type and books
- Chapter 6. The Enlightenment: the rise of science
- Chapter 7. The first stage of industrialization: coking and canals (1712- 1820)
- Chapter 8. Machine tools and mechanization
- Chapter 9. The triumph of steam and steel (1820-1876)
- Chapter 10. Petroleum and petrochemicals
- Chapter 11. Anesthesia, surgery, and modern medicine
- Chapter 12. Mobility: From rails to roads to space travel
- Chapter 13. Electricity and electrification of factories and homes
- Chapter 14. Communications: From carrier pigeons to telephones and radio (1876-1976)
- Chapter 15. The history of artifiicial light
- Chapter 16. Electronic broadcast media: radio and TV
- Chapter 17. Photography and movies
- Chapter 18. The transistor transition: 1945-1969
- Chapter 19. Machine computation and digitization
- Chapter 20. The Internet and the Worldwide Web
- Chapter 21. The Eco-footprint of material wealth: pollution, climate change and epidemics
- Chapter 22. Nuclear power
- Chapter 23. Solar Power and renewables
- Chapter 24. Scarce elements and scarce metals
- Chapter 25. Food and agriculture
- Chapter 26. Biotechnology and Human Health
- Chapter 27. Can technology save Homo Sapiens from Extinction? Utopia 2120.