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Yankee science in the making / by Dirk J. Struik.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Struik, Dirk J. (Dirk Jan), 1894-2000.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--United States--History.
- Science.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 430 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Little, Brown, 1948.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Beginnings: The colonial setting
- pt. 2. The Federalist Period: The revolutionary years
- The practical navigators
- Turnpike and towpath
- The beginnings of mass production
- Lecture hall and textbook
- pt. 3. The Jacksonian Period: The surveys
- Humanists and humanitarians
- Steam, water, electricity
- The great naturalists
- Science and religion
- Sky and ocean
- The scientific schools.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [387]-416.
- OCLC:
- 1088038
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