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Civilization has many facets, but how man lives depends very much on what he can make. The object of this book is to arouse wider interest in the way in which technological factors have shaped - and continue to shape - human history. Technological achievements have not only filled our material needs, but also expanded our spiritual and cultural horizons. The book shows how inventions have revolutionized the way artists, craftsmen, philosophers and even theologians have seen and explained our world. At the beginning of civilization inventors were anonymous - we don't know who made the first wheel or smelted the first copper - but as the story unfolds inventions can be attributed to particular individuals or companies who were sensitive to social and economic opportunity, up to the modern day where it is only major companies who can afford the research and development costs to venture further into the unknown. The book also looks to the future to see where the scientists of tomorrow will be taking us.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
ISBN-139780316851633
eBay Product ID (ePID)96215330
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SubjectEngineering & Technology, Science
Publication Year2000
Number of Pages368 Pages
Publication NameHistory of Invention
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorTrevor I. Williams
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height283 mm
Item Width213 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorTrevor I. Williams