Two prime movers of globalization : the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines

Two prime movers of globalization : the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines / Vaclav Smil.

""In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping and intercontinental air travel so cheap that they have changed the face of our plan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smil, Vaclav (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Diesel motor > History.
Gas-turbines > History.
Technology and civilization.
Transportation > Technological innovations > History.
Motor vehicles > Motors > History.
Globalization > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Inventions.
Diesel motor
Gas-turbines
Globalization
Motor vehicles > Motors
Technology and civilization
Transportation > Technological innovations
Dieselmotor
Gasturbine
Transport
Technik
Globalisierung
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Globalization waves and their prime movers
  • 2. Why gasoline-fueled Otto-cycle engines would not do
  • 3. Diesel's engine
  • 4. Gas turbines
  • 5. Two prime movers of globalization
  • 6. Benefits and costs
  • 7. Why the two engines are here to stay.

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