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Roots of Modern Technology
Siegfried Wendt
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Description for Roots of Modern Technology
Hardcover. What Socrates Couldn't Know provides a comprehensive historic view on the foundations of contemporary technologies. Avoiding misleading metaphors and analogies, the text revisits mathematical and other abstract scientific concepts in an surprisingly easy-to-understand, but exact, manner. Num Pages: 449 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
If the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates came to life again today, he would wonder how airplanes fly and light bulbs glow, but not wonder much about the world’s political and social changes that took place since his time. The author puts himself in the position of explaining to Socrates the technological fundamentals behind all our modern conveniences . Since he takes Socrates seriously, the author accepts the challenge of introducing the relevant mathematical and technical concepts, and he does so in a remarkably easy-tounderstand and accurate way. The result is a comprehensive overview of the elements of our technical civilization, ... Read more
If the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates came to life again today, he would wonder how airplanes fly and light bulbs glow, but not wonder much about the world’s political and social changes that took place since his time. The author puts himself in the position of explaining to Socrates the technological fundamentals behind all our modern conveniences . Since he takes Socrates seriously, the author accepts the challenge of introducing the relevant mathematical and technical concepts, and he does so in a remarkably easy-tounderstand and accurate way. The result is a comprehensive overview of the elements of our technical civilization, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
449
Condition
New
Number of Pages
449
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642120619
SKU
V9783642120619
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Reviews for Roots of Modern Technology
From the reviews: “The author has undertaken to teach a willing student … all the mathematics and physics behind the complex technology of contemporary society, ranging from basic numbers to calculus, probability theory, relativity, quantum mechanics, and even string theory. … the book is … elegant. Summing Up: … . General readers.” (M. Schiff, Choice, Vol. 48 (6), February, ... Read more