The history of science and technology : a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and...
The history of science and technology : a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and...
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.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Date
2004.
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TQ074634
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English
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vii, 776 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents
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...
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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"The History of Science and Technology answers all the what, when, why, and how questions about our world's greatest discoveries and inventions: How are bridges built? When were bifocal eyeglasses invented and by whom? What medical discovery led to the introduction of sterilization, vaccines, and antibiotics? What is the PCR (polymerase chain react...
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 720-721) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF/NQ509/33.
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TQ074634
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74VKwLDBJRyg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwLDBJRyg
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0618221239
9780618221233
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509
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991018359719702626
