The cutting edge : an encyclopedia of advance technologies.

The cutting edge : an encyclopedia of advance technologies. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2000. - 360 p. : ill. 26 cm.

List of articles (Selected:Airplane Feuel Technology , Artificial Intelligence , Artificial Organs, Biosnesors , Computer Viruses , Cloning , Doppler Radar , Global Positioning System , International Space Station , Lasers , Organ Transplantation , Parallel Computing , Scanners , etc. )

Places technologies in context, outlining their historical development, current applications and limitations, and the issues and debates surrounding their current use and future implementation. Contains articles that are in A to Z order. Each article includes the scientific and technological description of the technology, history of the technology, uses, effects, and limitations of the technology, and issues and debates arising from the technology.

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