Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

By Vaclav Smil

Categories: History, Science & Math

Vaclav Smil's sequel to Creating the Twentieth Century traces how the technical innovations of the 1870s-1914 era were refined and scaled up after 1914, transforming energy use, materials, production, transport and communication, and examines the consequences for modern life.

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