Prime Movers of Globalization

Prime Movers of Globalization

by Vaclav Smil

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""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 planet. Marshall McLuhan's dreams of a Global Village have become true in unimagined ways. Being an engineer myself, I admire the way Smil portrays the human Cinderellas of the industrial world: the unsung engineers who

ISBN: 9780262014434

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Bill Gates

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"An entire book about the development and impact of gas turbines and diesel engines."

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