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100	1		_aWendt, Siegfried. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aRoots of Modern Technology _h[recurso electrónico] : _bAn Elegant Survey of the Basic Mathematical and Scientific Concepts / _cby Siegfried Wendt.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2010.
300			_aVII, 449 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aExplaining 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?.
520			_aIf 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.
650		0	_aEngineering.
650		0	_aScience _xHistory.
650		0	_aComputer science.
650	1	4	_aEngineering.
650	2	4	_aEngineering, general.
650	2	4	_aHistory of Science.
650	2	4	_aComputers and Society.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642120619
856	4	0	_zLibro electrónico _uhttp://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-12062-6
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