The Making of the Modern World: Milestones of Science and Technology

Neil Cossons (Ed.) With Andrew Nahum and Peter Turvey

ISBN 10: 0719551218 / ISBN 13: 9780719551215

Verlag: John Murray Pubs Ltd, London, England, UK, 1992

Beschreibung

10 1/8" Square [25.7cm square] Hard bound in blue cloth with title in white on the spine. Glossy pictorial DJ. 224 pages illustrated throughout with color photos. Condition is fine but top corners are bumped and the DJ has a short slit in the middle of the spine. "This book presents the development of science and technology through one hundred key inventions selected from the Science Museum, the National Museum of Science & Industry. All these are beautifully illustrated in full color, backed up in many instances by historical pictures in black and white. Together with these illustrations is an informative and easily understandable text placing each object in its historical context and explaining its function and workings. These texts are by leading experts in their fields and there is an introduction by Neil Cossons, Director of the Science Museum. Between them they give an unrivalled overview of the way we arrived at our modern world.".

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Making of the Modern World: Milestones of Science and Technology
• Verlag: John Murray Pubs Ltd, London, England, UK
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0719551218
• ISBN-13: 9780719551215
• Einband: Cloth
• Illustrator: Philip Sayer
• Auflage: First Edition
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
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