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Technology: A World History

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Facts
Author
Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Year
2009
Source Type
Academic History
Reliability Tier
1
Notes
A one volume survey by a historian of technology, tracing invention and engineering practice across every civilization and period, cited here for context on fields and broad significance.
Sources
Technology: A World History
Daniel R. Headrick, Oxford University Press, 2009
Claims Backed By This Source (133 claims)

This source backs 133 claims across the atlas. As facts: 65 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 19 holds, 8 connected, 3 held Differently. Plus 35 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Engineers, 41 claims: 14 well-attested, 10 holds, 3 held Differently, 14 general references.
  • Inventions, 36 claims: 19 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 2 connected, 6 general references.
  • Materials, 22 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 connected, 8 general references.
  • Articles, 12 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Fields, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 connected, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Methods, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.

Held Differently

3
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