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Rockets and Missiles(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
Published:
30/10/2004
This volume focuses on rocketry in late-20th century Western Europe, Russia, and the U.S. and covers the spread of rocket technology in East Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere.
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Firearms(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
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01/10/2004
Not only does the book demonstrate how firearms developed - an evolution dependent upon years of trial and error, and often based on the recurrent need for power, accuracy and a fast rate of fire - ...
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Cars and Culture(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
Published:
01/10/2004
The volume includes a chronology of the automobile's evolution, a glossary of technical terms, a selected bibliography, and more than 20 photographs and illustrations.
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The Book(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
Published:
30/09/2005
Provides a broad overview of the history of the printed book across many centuries, cultures, and in a variety of fields.
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The Railroad(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
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30/04/2005
The railway altered the landscape to the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to travel far great...
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Sound Recording(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
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01/09/2004
How did one of the great inventions of the 19th century - Thomas Edison's phonography - eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the 20th and 21st c...
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The Bicycle(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
Suitable for students researching the interaction of technology and society, this book tells the "life story" of the objects and technologies that have become vital to our daily lives. It combines a...
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Television(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
Published:
30/06/2007
Part of a series that tells the "life story" of the objects and technologies that have become so vital to our daily lives. This volume combines a discussion of technical developments with a descript...
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Computers(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
Published:
30/04/2005
Part of the Greenwood Technographies series Provides a worldwide examination of computing, and how such needs as security and defence during the Cold War drove the development of computing technolog...
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Airplanes(Hardback)
The Life Story of a Technology
Greenwood Press
Published:
30/06/2006
The invention of the aeroplane redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war. This volume shows how the solutions to the riddles have helped spur...
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