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Great Feuds in Technology Hal Hellman

Great Feuds in Technology von Hal Hellman

Great Feuds in Technology Hal Hellman

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Zusammenfassung

This collection of the ten most compelling and controversial disputes in technology features some of the most recognized names in science: was Samuel Morse really the inventor of the electrical telegraph? It even explores contemporary feuds in such advanced fields as biotechnology.

Great Feuds in Technology Zusammenfassung

Great Feuds in Technology: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever Hal Hellman

The colorful true stories of ten monumental feuds in the history of technology The history of technology is full of heated disputes over who, exactly, invented what. In this encore to his international bestsellers Great Feuds in Science and Great Feuds in Medicine, Hal Hellman brings to life ten of technology's most celebrated quarrels. Whether illuminating the battles between Philo Farnsworth and RCA (television), and Samuel Morse and Joseph Henry (telegraph) or the feuds currently raging over nuclear submarines and genetically modified foods, Hellman clearly explains the technology involved while providing vivid portraits of the disputants and their times. Hal Hellman (Leonia, NJ) is the author of numerous science books, including Great Feuds in Science (0-471-35066-4) and Great Feuds in Medicine (0-471-20833-7).

Great Feuds in Technology Bewertungen

"Hellman does a good job of putting them [inventions] into a commercial context. The book works well as a reference..." (Focus, June 2004) "... lively and compelling..." (New Scientist, 15 May 2004) "... a bright idea..." (The Guardian, 20 May 2004) "...entertaining new book..." (Sunday Telegraph, 28 March 2004) "There's nothing like a good feud to grab your attention. When it comes to describing the battle, Hellman is a master." (New Scientist)

Über Hal Hellman

HAL HELLMAN is the author of Great Feuds in Science and Great Feuds in Medicine, and numerous other books. He has published articles in the New York Times, Omni, Reader's Digest, Psychology Today, and Geo. He has taught science writing at New York University and has been a writing instructor at Fordham and Fairleigh Dickinson Universities.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Ned Ludd versus the Industrial Revolution; Are Machines the Problem?; 2. Davy versus Stephenson; Who Invented the Miner's Safety Lamp?; 3. Morse versus Jackson and Henry; The Electromagnetic Telegraph; 4. Edison versus Westinghouse; The AC/DC War; 5. Ford versus Selden and ALAM; Automobile Manufacturing; 6. Wright Brothers versus Curtiss, Chanute, Ader, Whitehead, and Others; The First Successful Flying Machine; 7. Sarnoff versus Farnsworth; The Fathers of Television; 8. Rickover versus Zumwalt (and Just about Everyone Else); Nuclear Submarines and a Nuclear Navy; 9. Venter versus Collins; Decoding the Human Genome; 10. Rifkin versus the Monsanto Company; Battling the Biotech World; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR004319622
9780471208679
0471208671
Great Feuds in Technology: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever Hal Hellman
Hal Hellman
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2004-01-19
256
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