Science and technology in modern European life / Guillaume de Syon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Syon, Guillaume de, 1966-

Series:

Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Science and technology in everyday life.

The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. Science and technology in everyday life, 1080-4749

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects--Europe--History.

Science.

Science--Europe--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 205 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The last two centuries have seen unprecedented change in the everyday lives of Europeans. From the Napoleonic Wars to the end of the Cold War, from the Industrial Revolution to the Computer Revolution, many of these changes were greatly influenced by the scientific and technological advances that took place during that period. This volume in the Daily Life Through History series examines how science and technology impacted the everyday life of modern Europeans in all aspects from of their lives.

Contents:

Agriculture : from farm to town

Building the city and its urban culture

The rail in all its expressions

Sell your horse and buy a car

Navigating the Earth and heavenly seas

Communicating

The specter of war

Energy

Technology in the home and the office

Medical awareness

Scientific challenges

A global experience?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-200) and index.

ISBN:

9798216011590

9786612419966

9781282419964

128241996X

9780313080814

031308081X

OCLC:

428815021