| Edition |
1st Collins pbk. ed. |
| Description |
ix, 262 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Logic and memory -- pt. 1. The Industrial Revolution: Cannons to steam ; Textiles ; Positively electric ; Transportation elasticity, sea and rail -- pt. 2. Early capital markets: Funding British trade ; Capital markets and bubbles ; Fool's gold -- pt. 3. Components needed for computing: Communications ; Power generation -- pt. 4. Digital computers: Ballistics, codes and bombs ; Transistors and integrated circuits provide scale ; Software and networks ; GPS -- pt. 5. Modern capital markets: Modern gold ; The business of Wall Street ; Insurance ; The modern stock market -- ENIAC press release. |
| Subject |
Technological innovations.
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Technological innovations. |
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Capital market -- Technological innovations.
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Capital market. |
| ISBN |
0060840978 paperback alkaline paper |
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