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Discoveries and inventions periodically cause new technological developments within human societies. Key inventions and their accompanying economic and social changes can be seen as the main promoters of technological and structural progress. Many examples of change can be traced back to key inventions.
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Derge, K., Kotte, EU., Landeryou, R.R., Poprawe, R., Tschudi, T., Wobbe, W. (1989). Introduction. In: Derge, K., Kotte, EU., Landeryou, R.R., Poprawe, R., Tschudi, T., Wobbe, W. (eds) Technologies of Light. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95575-4_1
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