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Our scientific heritage : an A-Z of Great Britain and Ireland / Trevor I. Williams.
LIBRA Q127.G4 W627 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Trevor I., 1921-1996.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Great Britain--History.
- Science.
- Technology--Great Britain--History.
- Technology.
- Scientists.
- History.
- Gazetteers.
- Great Britain.
- Science museums--Great Britain--Guidebooks.
- Science museums.
- Ireland.
- Museums--Great Britain--Guidebooks.
- Museums.
- Industrial archaeology--Great Britain--Guidebooks.
- Industrial archaeology.
- Scientists--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Gazetteers.
- Science--Ireland--History.
- Technology--Ireland--History.
- Science museums--Ireland--Guidebooks.
- Museums--Ireland--Guidebooks.
- Industrial archaeology--Ireland--Guidebooks.
- Scientists--Ireland.
- Ireland--Gazetteers.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Gazetteers.
- Physical Description:
- x, 246 pages : maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 1996.
- Summary:
- This book is an invaluable companion guide to the sites linked with British and Irish achievements in science, medicine and technology, such as Newton's house at Woolsthorpe and Brunel's suspension bridge. The book includes a bibliography and a biographical index of key inventors and scientists. It will be an ideal companion for the traveller, the local sightseer or the armchair explorer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0750908203
- OCLC:
- 36498115
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