Scientific American inventions and discoveries : all the milestones in ingenuity--from the discovery of fire to the invention of the microwave oven / Rodney Carlisle.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carlisle, Rodney P.
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
Inventions > History > Encyclopedias.
Inventions > United States > Encyclopedias.
Technology > History > Encyclopedias.
Technological innovations > Encyclopedias.
Genre:
Encyclopedias.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:ix, 502 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Ancient World through Classical Antiquity, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 330
  • The Middle Ages through 1599
  • The Age of Scientific Revolution, 1600 to 1790
  • The Industrial Revolution, 1791 to 1890
  • The Electrical Age, 1891 to 1934
  • The Atomic and Electronic Age, 1935 into the 21st Century.