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Author Carlisle, Rodney P.

Title Scientific American inventions and discoveries : all the milestones in ingenuity-from the discovery of fire to the invention of the microwave oven / Rodney Carlisle
Published Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2004]
©2004

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Description ix., 502 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Pt. I. The ancient world through classical antiquity, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 330 -- Pt. II. The Middle Ages through 1599 -- Pt. III. The age of scientific revolution, 1600 to 1790 -- Pt. IV. The Industrial Revolution, 1791 to 1890 -- Pt. V. The electrical age, 1891 to 1934 -- Pt. VI. The atomic and electronic age, 1935 into the 21st century
Summary "From the discovery of fire to the invention of the steam engine and the Pentium chip, Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries documents some of the most important discoveries in the scientific world, as well as the practical innovations that have forever changed the life of the human race. This book organizes more than 400 lively, detailed entries into six chronological, easy-to-browse sections."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Subject Inventions -- History -- Encyclopedias.
Inventions -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Technological innovations -- Encyclopedias.
Technology -- History -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
LC no. 2003023258
ISBN 0471244104 (hbk.)
Other Titles Inventions and discoveries