Alec Broers

The Triumph of Technology

The BBC Reith Lectures 2005

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Produktbeschreibung

Technology has shaped human life since the beginnings of civilization. In these 2005 BBC Reith Lectures Alec Broers shows how we owe to technologists most of what drives our world today. Using easily understood examples, he explains how today's remarkable technologies emerged, and conveys the excitement of the modern creative process. He argues that, as long as we use technology intelligently, it can improve everyone's lives and provide solutions to the problems that threaten our planet. Included here are the complete lectures plus a new introduction and conclusion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 132mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 243g
• ISBN-13: 9780521861588
• ISBN-10: 0521861586
• Artikelnr.: 22727073

Autorenporträt

Lord Broers is President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Chairman of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. He spent nineteen years in the research and development laboratories of IBM in the USA and then twenty years at Cambridge University as Professor of Electrical Engineering, Master of Churchill College, Head of the Engineering Department, and Vice-Chancellor. In his research at Cambridge and at IBM, he pioneered the use of electron beams to write the patterns for silicon chips.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Lecture 1. The triumph of technology
Lecture 2. Collaboration
Lecture 3. Managing innovation
Lecture 4. Nanotechnology and nanoscience
Lecture 5. Risk and responsibility
By way of conclusion.