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The history of science and technology : a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the people who made them, from the dawn of time to today / Bryan Bunch with Alexander Hellemans.

Bunch, Bryan H. (Author). Hellemans, Alexander, 1946- (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0618221239
  • ISBN: 9780618221233
  • Physical Description: vii, 776 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-721) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Science and technology before scientists : through 599 BCE -- Science and technology in antiquity : 600 BCE through 529 CE -- Medieval science and technology : 530 through 1452 -- The Renaissance and the scientific revolution : 1453 through 1659 -- Scientific method : measurement and communication : 1660 through 1734 -- The Enlightenment and the industrial revolution : 1735 through 1819 -- Science and technology in the 19th century : 1820 through 1894 -- Rise of modern science and technology : 1895 through 1945 -- Big science and the post-industrial society : 1946 through 1972 -- The information age : 1973 through 2003.
Subject:
Science > History.
Technology > History.

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