Prime Movers of Globalization
The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines
$54.07
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2013
Summary
The story of how diesel engines and gas turbines, used to power cargo ships and jet airplanes, made today’s globally integrated economy possible.The many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is flat to an unlikely rehabilitation of Genghis Khan as a pioneer of global commerce. Missing from these accounts is a consideration of the technologies behind the creation of the globalized economy. What makes it possible for us to move billions of to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262518765 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262518767 |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 16mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Critics Review
By scrutinizing common yet often-overlooked technologies, Smil offers a fresh and useful perspective on world economics.
—Mark Reutter, Wilson QuarterlyMr. Smil’s account of the engineering advances throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries—advances that brought the world large marine diesels and gas turbines—is first-rate history, both thorough and compelling.
—Nick Schulz, The Wall Street JournalAbout The Author
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that “there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”
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