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The History of Science in the Nineteenth Century - Couverture rigide

Spangenburg, Ray; Moser, Diane

 
9780816027415: The History of Science in the Nineteenth Century
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0816027412 ISBN 13 : 9780816027415
Editeur : Facts On File Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This third book in the series covers the "Golden Age" of science, an era when science seemed to be at the forefront of human activity and scientists were making great and exciting advances, both applied and theoretical. The areas covered include: Volta's electric battery (1800); Herschel detects infrared light (1800); Davy invents the safety lamp for miners (1815); the Royal Astronomical Society founded (1820); Faraday's demonstration of the first electric motor (1821); Charles Babbage proposes the first modern computer (1822); Ohm's law (1827); Charles Darwin begins his five year voyage aboard the "Beagle" (1831); Samuel Morse's telegraph (1844); neanderthal skeletons discovered (1856); the "Bessemer Process" (1856); Louis Pasteur develops "pasteurization" (1856); first oil well drilled (1859); Mendel's theory of genes published (1856); Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone (1876); Edison invents the incandescent electric light (1879); through to Madame Curie's isolation of the radioactive elements of radium and plutonium.

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Éditeur
Facts On File Inc
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0816027412
ISBN 13 
9780816027415
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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