Overview
What can history's greatest breakthroughs in science and technology teach us about the future? New Thinking: The world has never been so unstable. Now, more than ever, we need to understand our history, learn from our mistakes, and embrace science and technology as we push into the future. In his debut book, New Thinking: The Technology and Science That Transformed Our World, Dagogo Altraide of YouTube's ColdFusion breaks down the history of gamechanger breakthroughs in the world of science and technology that have shaped our modern world and will impact the future. Disruptive technology and innovation: The Industrial Revolution was the most significant event in human history since the domestication of animals and plants, leading to fifty years of growth and development making the western world almost unrecognizable. Today another revolution is taking place, and at its core is disruptive technology and innovation. It's clear that the pace of technology is increasing rapidly, and in the past 100 years there has been more change due to disruptive technology than we could have ever imagined. The pace of this disruptive technology revolution is swift, almost exponential, but what's the story behind it? What were those special moments in time that changed the future forever? From the steam engine revolution to the electric world of Tesla, the first photograph to the invention of the internet, this book explores the hidden secrets of science and technology to help us understand each gamechanger that has shaped the future. In New Thinking: The Technology and Science That Transformed Our World you will delight in learning about and appreciate: ● How a technology can spawn a new technology, and how they influence each other ● How our modern world came to be ● Our incredible modern world and potential for the future
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Author: Ron Butler ,
Dagogo Altraide
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798200405947
Publication Date: 26 February 2019
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Ron Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor, Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator, and voice artist with over a hundred film and television credits. Most kids will recognize him from the three seasons he spent on Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP. He works regularly as a commercial and animation voice-over artist and has voiced a wide variety of audiobooks. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an Independent Filmmaker Project Award winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People. Dagogo Altraide is the founder of ColdFusion, a YouTube channel with over 1 million (1,300,000) subscribers. ColdFusion creates cutting edge documentaries and infotainment with themes based on the past, present, and future of tech-science. Dagogo's work has been featured on Time.com and has been shown in classrooms and lecture halls worldwide.
