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Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers.

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The book provides an excellent overview of world science and technology for readers at any level...highly recommended. Choice

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part I.
1. Humankind Emerges
2. The Reign of the Farmer
3. Pharaohs and Engineers
4. Greeks Bearing Gifts
5. Alexandria and After
Part II.
6. The Enduring East
7. The Middle Kingdom
8. Indus, Ganges, and Beyond
9. The New World
Part III.
10. Plows, Stirrups, Guns, and Plagues
11. Copernicus Incites a Revolution
12. The Crime and Punishment of Galileo Galilei
13. "God said, 'Let Newton be!'"
Part IV.
14. Textiles, Timber, Coal, and Steam
15. Legacies of Revolution: From Newton toEinstein
16. Life Itself
17. Toolmakers Take Command
18. The New Aristotelians
19. The Bomb, the Internet, and the Genome
20. Under Today's Pharaohs
Afterword
Guide to Resources
Illustration Credits
Index

Science and Technology in World History

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    A Hardback by James E. McClellan, III, Harold Dorn

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 09/02/2016
      ISBN13: 9781421417745, 978-1421417745
      ISBN10: 142141774X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers.

      Trade Review
      The book provides an excellent overview of world science and technology for readers at any level...highly recommended. Choice

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction
      Part I.
      1. Humankind Emerges
      2. The Reign of the Farmer
      3. Pharaohs and Engineers
      4. Greeks Bearing Gifts
      5. Alexandria and After
      Part II.
      6. The Enduring East
      7. The Middle Kingdom
      8. Indus, Ganges, and Beyond
      9. The New World
      Part III.
      10. Plows, Stirrups, Guns, and Plagues
      11. Copernicus Incites a Revolution
      12. The Crime and Punishment of Galileo Galilei
      13. "God said, 'Let Newton be!'"
      Part IV.
      14. Textiles, Timber, Coal, and Steam
      15. Legacies of Revolution: From Newton toEinstein
      16. Life Itself
      17. Toolmakers Take Command
      18. The New Aristotelians
      19. The Bomb, the Internet, and the Genome
      20. Under Today's Pharaohs
      Afterword
      Guide to Resources
      Illustration Credits
      Index

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