Author: Ari Ben-Menahem
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540688315
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 6070
Book Description
This 5,800-page encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering more than 2,000 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy.
Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Author: Ari Ben-Menahem
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540688315
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 6070
Book Description
This 5,800-page encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering more than 2,000 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540688315
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 6070
Book Description
This 5,800-page encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering more than 2,000 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy.
Reference Sources in History
Author: Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851095225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Fully annotated and completely updated—the most comprehensive guide to reference books in the field of history. Reference Sources in History catalogs atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, sourcebooks, bibliographies, and chronologies and makes sense of it all. Its broad scope and systematic organization make it an accessible, reliable resource for experienced and inexperienced researchers alike. Fully annotated and updated, the new edition summarizes hundreds of reference works on every conceivable subject in history—from ancient to modern, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. This edition also reflects the dramatic impact of the digital revolution on historical research by integrating a wide range of Internet and CD-ROM sources. Reference Sources in History is a time-saving alternative to searching the reference stacks or getting lost in an online thicket of dubious historical websites.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851095225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Fully annotated and completely updated—the most comprehensive guide to reference books in the field of history. Reference Sources in History catalogs atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, sourcebooks, bibliographies, and chronologies and makes sense of it all. Its broad scope and systematic organization make it an accessible, reliable resource for experienced and inexperienced researchers alike. Fully annotated and updated, the new edition summarizes hundreds of reference works on every conceivable subject in history—from ancient to modern, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. This edition also reflects the dramatic impact of the digital revolution on historical research by integrating a wide range of Internet and CD-ROM sources. Reference Sources in History is a time-saving alternative to searching the reference stacks or getting lost in an online thicket of dubious historical websites.
Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose Arny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography
Author: Christine Stephanie Nicholls
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
This biographical dictionary contains 10,000 biographies supplemented with 2,000 quotations chosen to reveal what major figures thought about themselves and what others thought about them. It also contains 800 reading lists to guide readers through the biographies and memoirs.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
This biographical dictionary contains 10,000 biographies supplemented with 2,000 quotations chosen to reveal what major figures thought about themselves and what others thought about them. It also contains 800 reading lists to guide readers through the biographies and memoirs.
Encyclopedia of Urban Studies
Author: Ray Hutchison
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412914329
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1081
Book Description
An encyclopedia about various topics relating to urban studies.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412914329
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1081
Book Description
An encyclopedia about various topics relating to urban studies.
The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance
Author: George Hutchinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521673686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This 2007 Companion is a comprehensive guide to the key authors and works of the African American literary movement.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521673686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This 2007 Companion is a comprehensive guide to the key authors and works of the African American literary movement.
The Hutchinson Bumper Quiz Book
Author: Helicon Publishing, Limited
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781859861943
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A bumper quiz book, covering a variety of topics, for all the family.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781859861943
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A bumper quiz book, covering a variety of topics, for all the family.
Letters from France
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 0875864880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Woods brings together a unique and perceptive collection of documents that not only offer a rare glimpse into the complex mind of Benjamin Franklin the diplomat, but also provide new insights into the French-American alliance against the British.
Publisher: Algora Publishing
ISBN: 0875864880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Woods brings together a unique and perceptive collection of documents that not only offer a rare glimpse into the complex mind of Benjamin Franklin the diplomat, but also provide new insights into the French-American alliance against the British.
Choice
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Library World Records, 3d ed.
Author: Godfrey Oswald
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476667772
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Which are the oldest public libraries in the world? In what years were the first books printed in French, Thai, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish? What are the oldest extant texts written in Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish? When was the first major computer database used in libraries? What are the titles of the largest, smallest or most expensive books ever published? Where is the world's busiest public library? Which three books were the first to contain photographs? In its updated and expanded third edition, this reference work provides hundreds of fascinating facts about libraries, books, periodicals, reference databases, specialty archives, bookstores, catalogs, technology, information science organizations and library buildings.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476667772
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Which are the oldest public libraries in the world? In what years were the first books printed in French, Thai, Japanese, Arabic, Turkish? What are the oldest extant texts written in Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish? When was the first major computer database used in libraries? What are the titles of the largest, smallest or most expensive books ever published? Where is the world's busiest public library? Which three books were the first to contain photographs? In its updated and expanded third edition, this reference work provides hundreds of fascinating facts about libraries, books, periodicals, reference databases, specialty archives, bookstores, catalogs, technology, information science organizations and library buildings.