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Includes information on agricultural revolution, agriculture, alchemy, Aristotle, astrology, astronomy, Babylonia, Bible, Britain, calendars, China, Christianity, cities, city states, Nicholas Copernicus, education, Egypt, elements, Euclid, France, Galileo Galilei, geocentrism, geometry, Germany, Greece, heliocentricism, Hellenic period, Hellenistic period, hieroglyphs, Hinduism, Hippocrates, Holy Roman Empire, Human Genome Project, Hwang Ho, India, industrial revolution, iron, irrigation, Islam, Italy, mathematics, mechanics, medicine, Mesopotamia, metallurgy, Middle Ages, military revolution, Ming dynasty, Moon, motion, natural philosophy, natural selection, Neolithic era, Netherlands, Isaac Newton, optics, Paris, patronage, Persia, physics, planets, population, Protestantism, Claudius Ptolemy, religion, Renaissance, Rome (ancient), Rome (city), scientific revolution, shipbuilding, slavery, scientific societies, Song dynasties, Soviet Union, Spain, stars, Sun, telescopes, time reckoning, United States, universities, urban revolution, warfare, women in science, World War I, World War II, writing, etc.

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Title

Science and technology in world history : an introduction

Call No

Q125

Edition

2nd ed.

Authors

McClellan, James E., III (James Edward), 1946-
Dorn, Harold, 1928-

Subjects

Science--History.
Technology--History.
Tool and die makers--History.
História da ciência.
Tecnologia (história)

Language

English

Published

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Publication Desc

ix, 478 p. : ill. ;

ISBN

0801883598

(acid-free paper)

LCCN

2005027399

Dimensions

24 cm.

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Includes information on agricultural revolution, agriculture, alchemy, Aristotle, astrology, astronomy, Babylonia, Bible, Britain, calendars, China, Christianity, cities, city states, Nicholas Copernicus, education, Egypt, elements, Euclid, France, Galileo Galilei, geocentrism, geometry, Germany, Greece, heliocentricism, Hellenic period, Hellenistic period, hieroglyphs, Hinduism, Hippocrates, Holy Roman Empire, Human Genome Project, Hwang Ho, India, industrial revolution, iron, irrigation, Islam, Italy, mathematics, mechanics, medicine, Mesopotamia, metallurgy, Middle Ages, military revolution, Ming dynasty, Moon, motion, natural philosophy, natural selection, Neolithic era, Netherlands, Isaac Newton, optics, Paris, patronage, Persia, physics, planets, population, Protestantism, Claudius Ptolemy, religion, Renaissance, Rome (ancient), Rome (city), scientific revolution, shipbuilding, slavery, scientific societies, Song dynasties, Soviet Union, Spain, stars, Sun, telescopes, time reckoning, United States, universities, urban revolution, warfare, women in science, World War I, World War II, writing, etc.

Content Note

Preface --Introduction : the guiding themes -- pt. 1. From ape to Alexander -- ch. 1. Humankind emerges : tools and toolmakers -- ch. 2. The reign of the farmer -- ch. 3. Pharaohs and engineers -- ch. 4. Greeks bearing gifts -- ch. 5. Alexandria and after -- pt 2. Thinking and doing among the world's peoples -- ch. 6. The enduring East -- ch. 7. The middle kingdom -- ch. 8. Indus, Ganges, and beyond -- ch. 9. The new world -- pt. 3. Europe and the solar system -- ch. 10. Plows, stirrups, guns, and plagues -- ch. 11. Copernicus incites a revolution -- ch. 12. The crime and punishment of Galileo Galilei -- ch. 13. "God said, 'let Newton be!'" -- pt. 4. Science and industrial civilization -- ch. 14. Timber, coal, cloth, and steam -- ch. 15. Legacies of revolution -- ch. 16. Life itself -- ch. 17. Toolmakers take command -- ch. 18. The new Aristotelians -- ch. 19. The bomb and the genome -- ch. 20. Under today's pharaohs -- Conclusion : the medium of history -- Guide to resources -- Illustration credits -- Index.