Roots of Modern Technology (Record no. 111982)
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| control field | 978-3-642-12062-6 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | DE-He213 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20140220084533.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9783642120626 |
| -- | 978-3-642-12062-6 |
| 024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-3-642-12062-6 |
| Source of number or code | doi |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TA1-2040 |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | TBC |
| Source | bicssc |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | TEC000000 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 620 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wendt, Siegfried. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Roots of Modern Technology |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | An Elegant Survey of the Basic Mathematical and Scientific Concepts / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Siegfried Wendt. |
| 264 #1 - | |
| -- | Berlin, Heidelberg : |
| -- | Springer Berlin Heidelberg, |
| -- | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 500p. 233 illus. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| -- | computer |
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| -- | rdamedia |
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| -- | online resource |
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| -- | text file |
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| -- | rda |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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?. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Engineering. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Science |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Computer science. |
| 650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Engineering. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Engineering, general. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History of Science. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Computers and Society. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| 773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY | |
| Title | Springer eBooks |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9783642120619 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12062-6 |
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