The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook ,2nd Ed.

The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook ,2nd Ed.

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The idea of "understanding the present through its history" is based on two insights. First, it helps to know where a technology comes from: what were its predecessors, how did they evolve as a result of the continuous efforts to solve theoretical and practical problems, who were crucial in their emergence, and which cultural differences made them develop into divergent families of artifacts? Second, and closely related to the first insight, how does a certain technology or system fit into its societal context, its culture of mobility, its engineering culture, its culture of car driving, its alternatives, its opponents? Only thus, by studying its prehistory and its socio-cultural context, can we acquire a true ‘grasp’ of a technology.



The Evolution of Automotive Technology: A Handbook, Second Edition covers one and a quarter century of the automobile, conceived as a cultural history of its technology, aimed at engineering students and all those who wish to have a concise introduction into the basics of automotive technology and its long-term development.

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Author Mom
Published by SAE
Cover hardbound
Document type Book
Edition 2
EAN ISBN 978-1-4686-0596-9
Number of pages 360
Weight(kg.) 0.7120
Set SAE Mobilus eBook Library
Keyword R-557 Automotive Technical review, Historical reference, Systems engineering
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