Technology and the Growth of Civilization

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Genta, Giancarlo (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Riberi, Paolo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Popular Science,
• Θέματα: History.; Philosophy.; Technology-Sociological aspects.; Technology-History.; Popular Science in History.; Philosophy of Technology.; Science and Technology Studies.; History of Technology.

Our natural world has been irretrievably altered by humans, for humans. From domesticated wheat fields to nuclear power plants and spacecraft, everything we see and interact with has in some way been changed by the presence of our species, starting from the Neolithic era so many centuries ago. This...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface by the Authors, with Acknowledgements
• Preface by Giuseppe Tanzella Nitti
• Foreword
• 1. Technology in prehistory
• 2. From prehistory to history
• 3. Greek rationality
• 4. From Abraham to Jesus: The Judeo-Christian rational horizon
• 5. The Roman world and the "broken history"
• 6. The Middle Ages: "Dark ages" or the dawn of technology?
• 7. The beginning of scientific technology
• 8. Technology, capitalism and imperialism: the rise of the West
• 9. The dark side of technology
• 10. Industrial revolutions
• 11. The irrationalistic constant
• 12. Beyond the horizon
• Epilogue
• Appendix: Chronological tables
• Bibliography
• Index.