R. A. Buchanan (1930–2020)
Auteur de Industrial Archaeology in Britain
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de R. A. Buchanan
The Power of the Machine: The Impact of Technology from 1700 to the Present (Penguin History) (1992) 35 exemplaires
Industrial Archaeology of the Bristol Region (Industrial Archaeology of British Isles) (1969) 6 exemplaires
The engineers : a history of the engineering profession in Britain, 1750 - 1914 (1989) 2 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Buchanan, Robert Angus
- Date de naissance
- 1930-06-05
- Date de décès
- 2020-06-17
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- United Kingdom
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England
- Lieu de naissance
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Études
- High Storrs Grammar School
St Catharine’s College, Cambridge - Organisations
- Bath University
- Courte biographie
- University of Bath, Professor of the History of Technology and Director, Centre for the History of Technology, Science and Society 1960-1995, Emeritus Professor 1995. Leonardo da Vinci Medal 1989
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 152
- Popularité
- #137,198
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 22
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However if you've never really thought much about how technology has developed, the structures of development and how technology has shaped everything in our lives, then there's a fair bit of value in here for the thinking it encourages.… (plus d'informations)