Atlantropa – Endless Energy from the Mediterranean Sea
The construction of a giant dam across the Strait of Gibraltar, proposed by the Munich architect Hermann Sörgel (1885–1952), would have created the largest hydroelectric facility in the world.
The construction of a giant dam across the Strait of Gibraltar, proposed by the Munich architect Hermann Sörgel (1885–1952), would have created the largest hydroelectric facility in the world.
Automobiles fundamentally shifted the ways in which visitors to animal attractions experienced the creatures on display before their eyes.
The creation of the Niagara Telecolorimeter helped engineers physically remake Niagara Falls in the mid-twentieth century.
Explorers of the Canadian Arctic misrepresented the land as a snowscape while tundra plants were simultaneously collected for botanic collections.
This article investigates the problem of defining technological change based on environmental sustainability criteria in Galicia.
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