Sökning: "history of technology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 774 avhandlingar innehållade orden history of technology.

  1. 1. Visionen om outtömlig energi : Bridreaktorn i svensk kärnkraftshistoria 1945–80

    Författare :Maja Fjæstad; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Thomas Jonter; Henrik Björck; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANITIES; nuclear power; nuclear energy; nuclear power history; nuclear weapons; breeder reactor; fast reactor; AB Atomenergi; history; history of science; history of technology; environmental history; Sweden; 20th century; vision; technological vision; interpretative flexibility; kärnkraft; kärnkraftshistoria; kärnvapen; bridreaktorer; snabba reaktorer; AB Atomenergi; historia; vetenskapshistoria; teknikhistoria; miljöhistoria; Sverige; svensk historia; 1900-tal; vision; tekniska visioner; utopi; tolkningsflexibilitet; History of technology; Teknikhistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The fast breeder is a type of nuclear reactor that aroused much attention in the 1950s and 60s. Its ability to produce more nuclear fuel than it consumes offered promises of cheap and reliable energy, and thereby connected it to utopian ideas about an eternal supply of energy. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Tools of Hegemony : Military Technology and Swedish-American Security Relations, 1945-1962

    Författare :Mikael Nilsson; Hans Weinberger; Niklas Stenlås; Jussi M. Hanhimäki; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; Säkerhetspolitik Sverige; Diplomatisk historia; Militärhistoria; Modern historia Sverige; Utrikespolitik USA; History of technology; Teknikhistoria; History; Historia; Historia med inriktning mot militärhistoria; Historia med inriktning mot militärhistoria; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis analyze the process whereby Sweden gained access to American guided missiles during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It also tracks the Swedish efforts to develop guided missiles domestically. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Bränsle för den moderna nationen : Etanol och gengas i Sverige under mellankrigstiden och andra världskriget

    Författare :Helena Ekerholm; Bosse Sundin; Jonny Hjelm; Arne Kaijser; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANITIES; alternative fuels; ethanol; wood gas; energy policy; controversy; history of biofuels; alternative technology; social constructions of technology; socio-technical systems; political debate; socio-technical debate; history of technology; automotive history.; drivmedel; etanol; generatorgas; gengas; drivmedelsalternativ; biodrivmedel; förväntningar; kontrovers; sociotekniska system; sociala konstruktioner av teknik; alternativ teknik; politik; teknikdebatt; energipolitik; mellankrigstiden; andra världskriget; autarki; socioteknisk debatt; automobilhistoria; motorhistoria; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigate Swedish policy-making concerning promotion of wood gas and ethanol distilled from fermented sulphite lye as domestic fuel alternatives in the Interwar years and World War II. With a departure point in the theories of social constructions of technology (SCOT), the sociology of expectations and Thomas P. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Medieteknik och historieundervisning : diskurser om teknik i klassrummet under 1980-talet och åren kring 2010

    Författare :Andreas Westerberg; Daniel Lindmark; Finn-Arne Jörgensen; Pelle Snickars; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; educational history; history education; history of technology; media technology; discourse theory; utbildningshistoria; historiedidaktik; teknikhistoria; medieteknik; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education;

    Sammanfattning : The present study analyzes attitudes made manifest when media technology is used in teaching at Swedish upper secondary schools. It examines discourses related to the subject of history by comparing contemporary circumstances with those of the mid-1980s, making research in both educational history and history education indispensible to its execution. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Kampen om Kvinnan : Professionalisering och konstruktioner av kön i svensk gynekologi 1860-1925

    Författare :Ulrika Nilsson; Sven Widmalm; Karin Johannisson; Lena Lennerhed; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; history of medicine; science and technology studies; constructions of gender; professionalisation; medicalisation; homosociality; heteronormativity; gynaecology; abdominal surgery; uterine massage; medical images; women s movement; 1860 s-1920 s; Sweden; Karolinska Institutet; Uppsala University; Lund University; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; History of medicine; History of medicine; Medicinens historia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how gynaecology was established as a medical speciality in Sweden in the 1860s and onwards. Gender, power, professionalisation and the production of scientific knowledge are central themes. LÄS MER