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Author: Neil Cossons
Publisher: Kws Publishers
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780981773650
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →1st ed.: Making of the modern world: milestones of science and technology / edited by Neil Cossons with Andrew Nahum and Peter Turvey -- London: John Murray, 1992.
Author: Ellis Mount
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A well-planned and well-researched volume ..". -- School Library Journal "A welcome addition to any sci-tech reference collection". -- SCI-TECH NEWS Who discovered DNA?Who invented the automatic teller machine? Is there such a thing as a magnetic-levitated train? These are just a few of the questions readers can quickly answer by consulting Milestones in Science and Technology. Readers of all ages can easily find facts, history, names, and dates surrounding the 1,250 most important events in sci-tech history. Each event gets special treatment in understandable paragraphs of 150 to 600 words. Four indexes provide access by year, name of discoverer or inventor, nationality or country, and broad subject category. The text is enhanced by photos and illustrations.
Author: Neil Cossons
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780719551215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work presents the development of science and technology through the study of 100 key inventions (selected from the Science Museum Collections), each one a milestone of industrial history. All the objects are illustrated in full colour, backed up in many instances by historical pictures in black and white. Together with the illustrations is an informative and easily understandable text placing each object in its historical context and explaining its function and workings. These texts are by experts in their fields and there is also an introduction by Neil Cossons, Director of the Science Museum. Between them they give an detailed overview of the way we arrived at our modern world.
Author: Edwin Reilly
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2003-08-30
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contains over 650 entries detailing the evolution of computing, including companies, machines, developments, inventions, parts, languages, and theories.
Author: Neil Cossons
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780719557125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work presents the development of science and technology through the study of 100 key inventions (selected from the Science Museum Collections), each one a milestone of industrial history. All the objects are illustrated in full colour, backed up in many instances by historical pictures in black and white. Together with the illustrations is an informative and easily understandable text placing each object in its historical context and explaining its function and workings. These texts are by experts in their fields and there is also an introduction by Neil Cossons, Director of the Science Museum. Between them they give a detailed overview of the way we arrived at our modern world.;The aim of this book is to present the developments in science technology and medicine to as wide a readership as possible, including the younger reader on whom the future of technology depends.;Among the 100 objects included in the book are: Huygen's aerial telescope; Hauksbee's air pump; Arkwright's spinning machine; Boulton and Watt's rotative engine; Ramsden's three-foot theodolite; Trevithick's high-pressure engine; Stephenson's Rocket; Parson's steam turbine; Babbage's difference engine; Bell's Osborne telephone; the Kodak camera; Marconi's transmitter; the Benz car; Baird's TV apparatus; the safety bicycle; the Merlin aircraft engine; the first hovercraft; the original radar receiver; the supersonic airliner, Concorde; and the first brain scanner.
Author: Rodney Carlisle
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2008-04-21
Total Pages: 711
ISBN-13: 0470306920
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A unique A-to-Z reference of brilliance in innovation and invention Combining engagingly written, well-researched history with the respected imprimatur of Scientific American magazine, this authoritative, accessible reference provides a wide-ranging overview of the inventions, technological advances, and discoveries that have transformed human society throughout our history. More than 400 entertaining entries explain the details and significance of such varied breakthroughs as the development of agriculture, the "invention" of algebra, and the birth of the computer. Special chronological sections divide the entries, providing a unique focus on the intersection of science and technology from early human history to the present. In addition, each section is supplemented by primary source sidebars, which feature excerpts from scientists' diaries, contemporary accounts of new inventions, and various "In Their Own Words" sources. Comprehensive and thoroughly readable, Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries is an indispensable resource for anyone fascinated by the history of science and technology. Topics include: aerosol spray * algebra * Archimedes' Principle * barbed wire * canned food * carburetor * circulation of blood * condom * encryption machine * fork * fuel cell * latitude * music synthesizer * positron * radar * steel * television * traffic lights * Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Author: Curt Suplee
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chronicles three thousand years of scientific inquiry, covering such eras as the Classical Era, the Middle Ages, the Revolution, the Age of Reason, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Author: Rodney P. Carlisle
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780471244103
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An informative reference guide on the history of technology featuring more than four hundred entries and dozens of illustrations and sidebars describes the history and significance of a variety of scientific and technological breakthroughs, from early human history to the present day.
Author: Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2005-03-08
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1851096701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first A–Z resource on the history of science from 1900 to 1950 examining the dynamic between science and the social, political, and cultural forces of the era. Though many books have highlighted the great scientific discoveries of the early 1900s, few have tackled the wider context in which these milestones were achieved. Science in the Early Twentieth Century covers everything from quantum physics to penicillin and more, including all the major scientific developments of the period, detailing not only the scientists and their work, but also the social and political forces that dominated the scientific agenda. Over 200 A–Z entries chronicle the landmark scientific discoveries and personalities of the period, including such scientific giants as Albert Einstein and Marie Curie. Placing science firmly within its cultural context, this thoroughly researched, accessible resource takes a uniquely interdisciplinary approach, making it an invaluable text for scientists, educators, students, and the general reader.
Author: Ellis Mount
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-12-06
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1000759938
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In response to the general lack of information about zoo libraries, this book, first published in 1988, compiles a collection of descriptions of the libraries serving six American zoos. The accounts of zoo libraries include the National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, and the Minnesota Zoological Garden Library in St. Paul. The contributors detail the types of collections and services offered at zoo libraries. In addition, a survey made of 78 American zoo libraries is included, including information about their staffs, facilities, collections, and services, as well as data on 32 archive collections.
