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Science & technology firsts / Leonard C. Bruno ; Daniel J. Boorstin, guest foreword ; Donna Olendorf, editor.
LIBRA T15 .B684 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruno, Leonard C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--History--Miscellanea.
- Technology.
- Science--History--Miscellanea.
- Science.
- History.
- Miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 636 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Science and technology firsts
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Gale Research, [1997]
- Summary:
- When was the first spacewalk? How did television come to be invented? What events led to the harnessing of the atom? These and thousands of other science-related questions are answered in Science & Technology Firsts, a comprehensive source for information about major events in the history of science and technology.
- More than a chronology or a timeline, Firsts presents brief, paragraph-length narratives on each of the subjects it covers, providing comprehensive answers.
- Each entry is grouped with related entries and classified into broad subject areas, helping researchers discover the relationships between science firsts. Includes photos, line drawings subject index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-538) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0787602566
- OCLC:
- 35559221
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