Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World

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Call Number: DVD 609 Ca Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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36 Lectures / 30 minutes per lecture.
Disc 1. Great inventions in everyday life -- THe Potter's wheel and metallurgy -- Beer, wine, and distilled spirits -- The galley, coins, and the alphabet -- Crossbows eat and west -- Roman arches--Aqueducts and the Colosseum -- Disc 2. Waterwheels and clocks -- Pagodas and cathedrals -- Paper and printing -- Gunpowder, cannons, and guns -- Telescopes and microscopes -- The caravel and celestial navigation -- Disc 3. unlocking the power of coal and iron -- Steam engines and pin making -- Canals and railroads -- Food preservation -- Water and sewer systems -- Battleries and electric generators -- Disc 4. Cameras, telephones and phonographs -- Electric light and power -- Department stores and modern retailing -- Motion pictures -- Surgery and the operation room -- Steel, glass, and plastics -- Disc 5. The model T -- Aviation-- The "wright" time for flight -- Radio and television -- Nuvlear power -- Household applicances -- Electonics and the chip -- Disc 6. Satellites and cell phones -- Personal computing -- Genetic engineering -- The Internet -- Social media and democracy -- Inventions and history.
W. Bernard Carlson, University of Virginia.
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