Technology in World History
Edited by W. Bernard Carlson
About the editor
W. Bernard Carlson
Professor
Department of Science, Technology, and Society
University of Virginia
Additional Resources
Essays
Syllabi
Factoid from the encyclopedia
Q. What modern piece of office equipment helped foil a coup attempt in the Soviet Union in 1991?
A. The fax (facsimile) machine. People found out about the coup attempt through faxed information and activists filled the streets of Moscow until the takeover attempt collapsed.
Podcasts
Why were there no wheeled vehicles in America before Columbus?
Why did Africans domesticate cattle and donkeys, but not zebras?
Bernie Carlson discusses "Technology in World History."
The kiwi fruit and globalization.
The paradox of the pyramids
Why Chinese coins have square holes
Technology and world history