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Title: Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction by James E. McClellan, Harold Dorn ISBN: 0-8018-5869-0 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Outstanding book, except...
Comment: I agree with the previous reviewers on their accessment of the book--with the exception of the very last part of it. In fact, the chapter on modern physics has so many mistakes that it is almost rendered unusable, which is odd because the quality of the rest of the book is so high.
I wouldn't expect that two authors would be able to pull off what they have tried to do here (with such a breadth of material), but I believe that if they invite a guest author (or editor) to help with the chapter on the history of modern physics they will be fully successful in a subsequent edition.
Rating: 5
Summary: History Through Science and Technology
Comment: This is an ambitious study of human history through its scientific and technological development. It begins with prehistoric times and ends with the many accomplishments of the late twentieth century. No area of the world is neglected, with much attention paid to the great civilizations of Asia in particular. There are also many mini-biographies of such worthies as Copernicus, Newton, Galileo, Edison, etc. which place them in the context of their time and the overall theme of technological development. The book is scholarly but not dry. Attempts have been made to appeal to the laymen through notes on "Cool Websites" and the like, and this is successful. Its a good overview of world history from a less than usual angle.
Rating: 5
Summary: Winner of 1999 World History Association Book Award!
Comment: The World History Association has awarded its annual book prize to this work, because it clearly addressed science and technology from a global perspective. Not only Western science is covered, but also in the ancient and medieval periods, northeast Africa, southwest Asia, other parts of Asia and the precolumbian Americas. It thus provides a point of departure for comparative analysis of the markers that many archaeologists and historians use to measure change over time in the human past.
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Title: Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History by Arnold Pacey ISBN: 0262660725 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Evolution of Technology by George Basalla, Owen Hannaway ISBN: 0521296811 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Engineering in History by et al., Richard Shelton Kirby ISBN: 0486264122 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: A History of Mechanical Inventions, Revised Edition by Abbott Payson Usher ISBN: 048625593X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 April, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Medieval Technology and Social Change by Lynn Townsend White ISBN: 0195002660 Publisher: Clarendon Pr Pub. Date: December, 1966 List Price(USD): $11.65 |
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