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These chapters are followed by an evaluation of the lasting impact these advances had on the 20th century, that is, the creation of high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving standards of living.
The two pre-WWI generations encompass the greatest innovative period in history. Technical inventions of 1867 - 1914 and their rapid improvement and commercialization created new prime movers, materials, infrastructures and information means that provided the lasting foundations of the modern world.

Produktbeschreibung
These chapters are followed by an evaluation of the lasting impact these advances had on the 20th century, that is, the creation of high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving standards of living.
The two pre-WWI generations encompass the greatest innovative period in history. Technical inventions of 1867 - 1914 and their rapid improvement and commercialization created new prime movers, materials, infrastructures and information means that provided the lasting foundations of the modern world.
Autorenporträt
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba, and the author of 19 books, including Feeding the World (MIT Press, 2000), Enriching the Earth: Transformation of World Food Production (MIT Press 2001 , and Energy at the Crossroads (MIT Press 2003).