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Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present

Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present

Rossi, Cesare
Russo, Flavio
Russo, Ferruccio

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Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, Book 8

Technology & Engineering

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ISBN10: 904812252X
ISBN13: 9789048122523
Publisher: Springer
Published: Mar 23 2009
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.60
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
We live in an age in which one can easily think that our generation has invented and discovered almost everything; but the truth is quite the opposite. Progress cannot be considered as sudden unexpected spurts of individual brains: such a genius, the inventor of everything, has never existed in the history of humanity. What did exist was a limitless procession of experiments made by men who did not waver when faced with defeat, but were inspired by the rare successes that have led to our modern comfortable reality. And that continue to do so with the same enthusiasm. The study of the History of Engineering is valuable for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it can help us to understand the genius of the scientists, engineers and craftsmen who existed centuries and millenniums before us; who solved problems using the devices of their era, making machinery and equipment whose concept is of such a surprising modernity that we must rethink our image of the past.

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