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History of Technology Volume 26 Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

Name: History of Technology Volume 26 By Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)
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History of Technology Volume 26 by Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

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SeriesHistory of Technology

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Presents essays concerning about the technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and also the measures taken to solve them. This book deals with the history of technical discovery and change, and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic.

History of Technology Volume 26 Summary

History of Technology Volume 26 by Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.

About Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

Ian Inkster is Research Professor of International History, Faculty of Humanities, The Nottingham Trent University.

Making things from New Ideas; Howard Dawes, Christopher Dawes, Gerry Martin and Alan Macfarlane; The Twenty One Books of Engines and Machines Attributed to Pedro Juan de Lastanosa; Nicolas Garcia Tapia; Richard Robert's Contributions to Production Engineering; R.L Hills Promoting British Aviation in 1950's Cinema; Michael Paris; Special Issue: Engineering Disasters; Introduction; R. Angus Buchanan; Maritime Disasters and the Law; David K. Brown; Suspension Bridges; Derek Portman; The Causes of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864; R. Angus Buchanan; Semiconductor Manufacturing and the Chemical Contamination within Silicon Valley; P.R. Morris; Gunpowder, A Capricious and Unmerciful Thing; Brenda J. Buchanan; Engineering Disasters - Thoughts of a Factory Inspector; John H. Boyes; Fatigue as a Factor in Aeronautical Disasters; Peter Stokes; Design Compromises in the Space Shuttle; David Ashford; Past and Future Bridge Failures; Henry Petroski.

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NPB9780826489708

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9780826489708

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0826489702

Title

History of Technology Volume 26 by Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

Author

Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

Series

History of Technology

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New

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Hardback

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

2006-01-31

Number of pages

214

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History of Technology Volume 26 Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

History of Technology Volume 26 by Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

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History of Technology Volume 26 by Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

About Professor Ian Inkster (SOAS, University of London, UK)

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