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Concise history of science & invention : an illustrated time line / edited by Jolyon Goddard.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.Description: 352 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781426205446 (trade)
  • 1426205449 (trade)
Other title:
  • Concise history of science and invention
  • Science and invention
  • National Geographic concise history of science & invention
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q125 .C576 2010
Contents:
Origins of science -- Classical and early medieval science -- Late medieval and Renaissance science -- The scientific revolution -- The industrial revolution -- The age of steam -- The age of electricity -- The atomic age -- The space age -- The modern world.
Summary: Covers period from prehistory through 849 BCE, classical and early medieval science, late medieval and renaissance science, the scientific revolution, the industrial revolution, the age of steam, the age of electricity, the atomic age, the space age and the modern world.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins of science -- Classical and early medieval science -- Late medieval and Renaissance science -- The scientific revolution -- The industrial revolution -- The age of steam -- The age of electricity -- The atomic age -- The space age -- The modern world.

Covers period from prehistory through 849 BCE, classical and early medieval science, late medieval and renaissance science, the scientific revolution, the industrial revolution, the age of steam, the age of electricity, the atomic age, the space age and the modern world.

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