Science: The Definitive Visual Guide - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0756655706 ISBN 13: 9780756655709

Publisher: Dk Pub, 2009

Synopsis

Covers all major scientific disciplines and highlights key thinkers, scientists, engineers, and inventors from the earliest times to the present day, in a book with detailed entries and illustrated explanations of key theories, including the significance of each subject and its impact on history.

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About the Author

Adam Hart-Davis is a writer, photographer, and broadcaster and an established television face of science and the history of science. Among recent TV work, he has presented and written the books for the BBC series What the Romans/Ancients/Tudors/Stuarts/Victorians Did for Us, as well as presented How London Was Built, which was broadcast on both British television and The History Channel. He is the author of over 20 books on science, technology, and invention, and has received 12 honorary doctorates, a medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering for the Public Promotion of Engineering, and the 1999 Gerald Frewer memorial trophy of the Council of Engineering Designers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0756655706
• ISBN 13: 9780756655709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Hart-Davis Adam