Author: Rev. John ADAMS (Master of the Academy at Putney.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Elements of Useful Knowledge, Etc
Author: Rev. John ADAMS (Master of the Academy at Putney.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Amusing Instructor: Or, Repository of Useful Knowledge, Etc
Author: InstructorThe Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, a Dictionary of Facts and Useful Knowledge, Etc
Author: Anthony Florian Madinger WILLICHPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The Elements of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Etc. [With Plates.]
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Author: Rev. John BARCLAYThe Elements of Latin Grammar, etc
Author: Richard HileyThe American Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge Arts, Sciences, History, Biography, Geography, Statistics, and General Knowledge
Author: William Harrison De PuyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
A Universal History of the United States of America, etc
Author: C. B. TAYLOR (Historical Writer.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc
Author: The Knowledge
Author: Lewis DartnellPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143127047
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
How would you go about rebuilding a technological society from scratch? If our technological society collapsed tomorrow what would be the one book you would want to press into the hands of the postapocalyptic survivors? What crucial knowledge would they need to survive in the immediate aftermath and to rebuild civilization as quickly as possible? Human knowledge is collective, distributed across the population. It has built on itself for centuries, becoming vast and increasingly specialized. Most of us are ignorant about the fundamental principles of the civilization that supports us, happily utilizing the latest—or even the most basic—technology without having the slightest idea of why it works or how it came to be. If you had to go back to absolute basics, like some sort of postcataclysmic Robinson Crusoe, would you know how to re-create an internal combustion engine, put together a microscope, get metals out of rock, or even how to produce food for yourself? Lewis Dartnell proposes that the key to preserving civilization in an apocalyptic scenario is to provide a quickstart guide, adapted to cataclysmic circumstances. The Knowledge describes many of the modern technologies we employ, but first it explains the fundamentals upon which they are built. Every piece of technology rests on an enormous support network of other technologies, all interlinked and mutually dependent. You can’t hope to build a radio, for example, without understanding how to acquire the raw materials it requires, as well as generate the electricity needed to run it. But Dartnell doesn’t just provide specific information for starting over; he also reveals the greatest invention of them all—the phenomenal knowledge-generating machine that is the scientific method itself. The Knowledge is a brilliantly original guide to the fundamentals of science and how it built our modern world.
The Englishman's First German Book, Etc
Author: Ludwig Conrad SCHWABEPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description