Roots of Modern Technology [recurso electrónico] : An Elegant Survey of the Basic Mathematical and Scientific Concepts / by Siegfried Wendt.
Tipo de material: TextoEditor: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010Descripción: VII, 449 p. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9783642120626Tema(s): Engineering | Science -- History | Computer science | Engineering | Engineering, general | History of Science | Computers and SocietyFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 620 Clasificación LoC:TA1-2040Recursos en línea: Libro electrónicoTipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Explaining Modern Technology -- Explaining Modern Technology -- I: Fundamentals of Mathematics and Logic -- Mathematicians Are Humans Like You and Me – They Count and Arrange -- Mathematicians Are Nothing Special – They Draw and Compare -- When It Helps to Ignore Any Meaning -- About the Methods for Computing the Future -- What Talking and Writing Have in Common -- II: Fundamentals of Natural Sciences -- What the Moon Has to Do with Mechanical Engineering -- How Albert Einstein Disregarded Common Sense -- How a Few Frog Legs Triggered the Origin of Electrical Engineering -- Small, Smaller, Smallest – How the Components of Matter Were Found -- How the Difference between Particles and Waves Disappeared -- How “Recipes” in the Cells of Living Organisms Were Found and Can Be Rewritten -- III: Fundamentals of Engineering -- Why Engineers Are “Playing with Models” -- Everything becomes Digital – Really Everything?.
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 technological fundamentals behind all our modern conveniences . Since he takes Socrates seriously, the author accepts the challenge of introducing the relevant mathematical and technical concepts, and he does so in a remarkably easy-tounderstand and accurate way. The result is a comprehensive overview of the elements of our technical civilization, an overview properly based upon elementary but solid mathematical and scientific principles. Everyone with an inclination toward science and technology can take advantage of the clear structure, the comprehensive presentation and the many wonderfully-illustrated examples of the book.
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