Ponderables - Technology

An Illustrated History of Machines From Stone Axes to Robotics and AI

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Tom Jackson

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Hardback

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Ponderables

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Description

Here is the essential guide to the history of technology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how tools have built our civilisation, changed our environment, and could even alter our species. The term technology is frequently associated with modernity and the possibilities of the future. However, we have been using technologies since before the dawn of history. Even then we were machine builders. A neolithic hand axe is a wedge-shaped cutter that works in essentially the same way as a razor blade, while a potter’s wheel is the same as the gear transmission of a Formula-1 car. The difference is simply the application of novel materials, and the many ages of technology are closely linked to them — bronze, iron, steel, glass, silicon…What will be the materials of tomorrow’s technology? Superconductors that carry current with perfect efficiency, smart materials that alter their shapes to suit the conditions, or nanorobots built from just a few dozen atoms, that work unseen everywhere, even inside our bodies? Only time, and a lot of invention, will tell.

Author Biography:

Tom Jackson is a science writer based in the United Kingdom. Tom specializes in recasting science and technology into lively historical narratives. After almost 20 years of writing, Tom has uncovered a wealth of stories that help create new ways to enjoy learning about science. He studied at the University of Bristol and still lives in the city with his wife and three children.

Release date Australia

November 1st, 2023

Author

Tom Jackson

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

, Includes a 12-Page Fold-Out Timeline History of Technology Poster ed.

Illustrations

144-page book plus a 12-page removable fold-out Timeline History and 12-page fold-out showing The Pictorial Snapshot History of Engine Technology Illustrations: approx. 300

Pages

168

Series

Ponderables

ISBN-13

9781627951654

Product ID

34662302

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