This illustrated survey relates technology to historical epochs from earliest times to the onset of the Industrial Revolution, and from the mid-18th century to the beginning of the 20th. It covers food production, metalworking, building construction, early sources of power, development of the steam engine, and mining.
As the 20th century began, there were no airplanes, no radio stations, no mass-produced cars--even the zipper had yet to be invented. With over 300 informatively captioned photographs and 50 pieces of full-color artwork and maps, Science provides an intelligent, enjoyable, and comprehensive look at the history of scientific discovery in the 20th ...
Civilization has many facets, but how man lives depends very much on what he can make. The object of this book is to arouse wider interest in the way in which technological factors have shaped - and continue to shape - human history. Technological achievements have not only filled our material needs, but also expanded our spiritual and cultural ...
From axe-heads to silicon chips, this history begins with the most primitive tools and ends with the latest technological advancements. Many inventions are chronicled, explained, and placed in their historical, cultural, and scientific context, with their inventors listed in an index.
This book is an invaluable companion guide to the sites linked with British and Irish achievements in science, medicine and technology, such as Newton's house at Woolsthorpe and Brunel's suspension bridge. The book includes a bibliography and a biographical index of key inventors and scientists. It will be an ideal companion for the traveller, the ...
An assessment of Christianity's origins and development, and its place in the world today alongside other religions and ideologies. The author examines the interplay of form and vitality in evolutionary existence and concludes that a way from destructive conflict to creative life is opened through faith in God revealed in the form of Jesus and the ...
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