Author: Peter Jedicke
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791090485
Category : Inventions
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Presents inventions from the twentieth-century including the microwave, cellophane, assembly lines, and more.
Great Inventions of the 20th Century
Author: Peter Jedicke
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791090485
Category : Inventions
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Presents inventions from the twentieth-century including the microwave, cellophane, assembly lines, and more.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791090485
Category : Inventions
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Presents inventions from the twentieth-century including the microwave, cellophane, assembly lines, and more.
Inventions that Changed the World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780762102693
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Takes a look at the inventions of the twentieth century.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780762102693
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Takes a look at the inventions of the twentieth century.
A Century of Nature
Author: Laura Garwin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226284166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits—reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226284166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits—reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.
Creating the Twentieth Century
Author: Vaclav Smil
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195168747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the telephone, photographic film, and the first light bulbs. Its peak decade - the astonishing 1880s - brought electricity - generating plants, electric motors, steam turbines, the gramophone, cars, aluminum production, air-filled rubber tires, and prestressed concrete. And its post-1900 period saw the first airplanes, tractors, radio signals and plastics, neon lights and assembly line production. This book is a systematic interdisciplinary account of the history of this outpouring of European and American intellect and of its truly epochal consequences. It takes a close look at four fundamental classes of these epoch-making innovations: formation, diffusion, and standardization of electric systems; invention and rapid adoption of internal combustion engines; the unprecedented pace of new chemical syntheses and material substitutions; and the birth of a new information age. These chapters are followed by an evaluation of the lasting impact these advances had on the 20th century, that is, the creation of high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving standards of living.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195168747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the telephone, photographic film, and the first light bulbs. Its peak decade - the astonishing 1880s - brought electricity - generating plants, electric motors, steam turbines, the gramophone, cars, aluminum production, air-filled rubber tires, and prestressed concrete. And its post-1900 period saw the first airplanes, tractors, radio signals and plastics, neon lights and assembly line production. This book is a systematic interdisciplinary account of the history of this outpouring of European and American intellect and of its truly epochal consequences. It takes a close look at four fundamental classes of these epoch-making innovations: formation, diffusion, and standardization of electric systems; invention and rapid adoption of internal combustion engines; the unprecedented pace of new chemical syntheses and material substitutions; and the birth of a new information age. These chapters are followed by an evaluation of the lasting impact these advances had on the 20th century, that is, the creation of high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving standards of living.
Science and Technology in 20th-Century American Life
Author: Christopher Cumo
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313338183
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores how science and technology have helped to shape America during the twentieth century in areas such as agriculture, transportation, medicine, and education.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313338183
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores how science and technology have helped to shape America during the twentieth century in areas such as agriculture, transportation, medicine, and education.
A Century of Innovation
Author: George Constable
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 0309089085
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A Century of Innovation: The Engineering that Transformed Our Lives is a full-color coffee table book that details the greatest achievements of 20th-century engineering. Each chapter details one specific engineering "feat" with a discussion of the discovery's impact on society and descriptions and illustrations of how that discovery "works."
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 0309089085
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A Century of Innovation: The Engineering that Transformed Our Lives is a full-color coffee table book that details the greatest achievements of 20th-century engineering. Each chapter details one specific engineering "feat" with a discussion of the discovery's impact on society and descriptions and illustrations of how that discovery "works."
Time Great Events of the 20th Century
Author:
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Covers major events and discoveries of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Covers major events and discoveries of the twentieth century.
Great Events from History
Author: Robert F. Gorman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Contains essays that examine significant events in the history of the early twentieth century from 1901 to 1940, covering world politics, society and culture, literary movements, art and music, immigration, and legislation; arranged chronologically with maps, illustrations, and quotations for primary souce documents.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Contains essays that examine significant events in the history of the early twentieth century from 1901 to 1940, covering world politics, society and culture, literary movements, art and music, immigration, and legislation; arranged chronologically with maps, illustrations, and quotations for primary souce documents.
The Story of Great Inventions
Author: Elmer Ellsworth Burns
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789362920362
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Story of Great Inventions, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789362920362
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Story of Great Inventions, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Medical Advances
Author: Steve Parker
Publisher: Raintree
ISBN: 9780817248963
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Presents an overview of many of the medical methods and treatments used to prevent diseases, relieve pain, and treat illnesses as they have developed particularly in the twentieth century.
Publisher: Raintree
ISBN: 9780817248963
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Presents an overview of many of the medical methods and treatments used to prevent diseases, relieve pain, and treat illnesses as they have developed particularly in the twentieth century.