Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
04.06.2007
Verlag
Simon & SchusterSeitenzahl
400
Maße (L/B/H)
19.6/13.1/2.9 cm
Gewicht
275 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-4165-0207-4
Since man first wielded a stick in anger, war and conflict have been prime movers in the progress of science and technology. In our earliest days the impetus may have been as simple as protecting territory or a food supply; more recently science has benefited from massive injections of cash when national security is at stake. But as Michael White demonstrates in this superbly wide-ranging and brilliant history of innovation, almost all major technological developments can be traced back to times of war. From the arrow to nuclear power; from cuneiform to the credit card; from the chariot to the bullet train and from the tribal drum to the Internet, our creativity owes much to the destructiveness of our nature.
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