Inventors and discoverers : changing our world
Title:
Inventors and discoverers : changing our world
Author:
National Geographic Book Service.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [1988]
©1988
Physical Description:
320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Discovers & inventors / Daniel J. Boorstin -- The power of steam / Margaret Sedeen - The age of electricity / Stephen S. Hall -- On wheels & wings / Tom D. Crouch -- A world of new materials / Robert Friedel -- Capturing the image / Thomas B. Allen -- Messages by wireless / Fred Strebeigh -- Power particles / Richard Rhodes -- Computers & chips / T.R. Reid -- Engineering life / H. Garrett DeYoung -- Technology of tomorrow / Carole Douglis.
Subject Term:
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ISBN:
9780870447518
9780870447525
9780870447532
Format :
Book
