Sökning: "teknikhistoria"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 71 avhandlingar innehållade ordet teknikhistoria.

  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. Koppardalen : Om historiens plats i omvandlingen av ett industriområde

    Författare :Anna Storm; Marie Nisser; Anders Houltz; Eva Silvén; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of technology; Teknikhistoria; Industriminnesforskning; industrihistoria; teknikhistoria; kulturarv; historiebruk; återanvändning av industriområden; stadsomvandling; Bergslagen; Avesta; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The empirical focus of this study is the contemporary transition of the industrial area Koppardalen, situated in Avesta in the middle of Sweden. Koppardalen (literary translated “The Copper Valley”) got its name in 1987 when the Avesta municipality bought the area from an iron and steel company. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Att bygga kunskapsstaden : en studie av högskolornas framväxt i Stockholm 1850-1960

    Författare :Julia Lindkvist; Sverker Sörlin; Martin Rörby; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of architecture; History of technology; higher education; Universities; Scientific institutions; The Royal institute of Technology; laboratories; buildings; scientific landscape; Stockholm; Sweden; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

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  5. 4. Bilsamhället : Ideologi, expertis och regelskapande i efterkrigstidens Sverige

    Författare :Per Lundin; Arne Kaijser; Pär Blomkvist; Anders Gullberg; Mats Benner; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; congestion; history; history of science; history of technology; expertise; housing; ideology; motoring; planning; road accidents; rule-making; Sweden; 20th century; urban history; urban planning; urban renewal; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : During the 1950s the number of cars in Sweden increased almost fivefold and the country attained the highest level of car ownership per capita in Europe. The rise and establishment of mass motoring was dramatically illustrated by the violent encounter between the car and the city. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Water for a few : a history of urban water and sanitation in East Africa

    Författare :David Nilsson; Arne Kaijser; Gunilla Andrae; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; urban water; urban sanitation; urban history; development studies; African history; environmental history; large technical systems; socio-technical systems; institutional change; public service; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis describes and analyses the modern history of the socio-technical systems for urban water supply and sanitation in East Africa with focus on Uganda and Kenya. The key objective of the thesis is to evaluate to what extent the historic processes frame and influence the water and sanitation services sectors in these countries today. LÄS MER