Roots of Modern Technology An Elegant Survey of the Basic Mathematical and Scientific Concepts /

• Main Author: Wendt, Siegfried (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Computers and civilization.; Engineering, general.; History of Science.; Computers and Society.

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 technol...