Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines by Vaclav Smil
English | July 30th, 2010 | ISBN: 0262518767, 0262014432 | 272 pages | EPUB | 3.95 MB
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 tons of raw materials and manufactured goods from continent to continent? Why are we able to fly almost anywhere on the planet within twenty-four hours?