An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology (Routledge Companion Encyclopedias) - Hardcover

 
9780415013062: An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology (Routledge Companion Encyclopedias)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415013062 ISBN 13: 9780415013062
Verlag: Routledge, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

* 22 sections cover the entire field of the history of technology and each section summarises the development of its subject from the earliest times to the present day * Written without unnecessary jargon * 2 extensive indexes of Names and Topics * Usefully illustrated with 150 black & white photographs and line drawings to explain key advances `Contain[s] a vast amount of reliable information over a very wide field. It is certainly a work of which I shall myself make frequent use ... it deserves to find a place ... in every reference library.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `The coverage is excellent ... a most valuable single-volume source which for its comprehensiveness and ease of reference will earn its place in both specialist and general reference collections.' - Reference Reviews `Informative and comprehensive, remarkable in its coverage ... covers every aspect of technology from the Stone Age to the Space Age ... will undoubtedly help readers to get a grip on and feel of an enormous range of subjects ... An invaluable and practical addition to most office bookshelves or libraries.' - New Civil Engineer `The authors represented in this book are to be congratulated for their readable and reliable surveys of the past and present status of the major areas where mankind has harnessed science for the production of useful products and processes.' - Choice

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ian McNeil is Rolt Research Fellow at the University of Bath and former Executive Secretary of the Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
1990
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0415013062
ISBN 13 
9780415013062
Einband
Tapa dura
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
1084
Herausgeber
McNeil Ian
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