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The cutting edge : an encyclopedia of advanced technologies.
LIBRA T9 .C96 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Encyclopedias.
- Technology.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 360 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This is an authoritative, easy-to-use guide to the advanced systems and techniques that are making -- or will soon make -- a major impact on our lives, in such areas as computing, communications, biotechnology, medicine, national defense, space, education, entertainment, and the environment. The Cutting Edge includes 120 original entries that go far beyond basic technological information to include: the history of a technology, how it works, its present applications and the issues -- ethical, legal, environmental, political, scientific -- which surround it.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0195128990
- OCLC:
- 42736449
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