Tag: Industrial Technology
Book Summary: “Alchemy of Air: … the Scientific Discovery that Fed the World” by Thomas Hager
Book Summary: “Power to the People: Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries” by Kander et al
Book Summary: “Energy Transitions” by Vaclav Smil
Book Summary: “Prime Movers of Globalization: The History of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines” by Vaclav Smil
Book Summary: “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil…” by Daniel Yergin
Book Summary: “Transforming the Twentieth Century” by Vaclav Smil
Book Summary: “Tools for the Job: A Short History of Machine Tools” by LTC Rolt
Book Summary: “Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr
Book Summary: “Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy” by Tim Harford
Book Summary: “Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics 1851-1945” by Daniel Headrick
Book Summary: “How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in WWII” by Lars Celander
Book Summary: “Social Networks in the History of Innovation and Invention” by Francis Moon
Book Summary: “Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism 1850-1940” by Daniel R. Headrick
Book Summary: “Learning by Doing” by James Bessen
