The Making of Modern Science: Science, Technology, Medicine and Modernity: 1789-1914

by David M. Knight

Book Overview

Of all the inventions of the nineteenth century, the scientist is one of the most striking. The ideas, discoveries and inventions of nineteenth-century scientists transformed the world: lives were longer and healthier, cities and empires grew, societies became urban rather than agrarian, the local became global. This book tells that story.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745636764
• ISBN13: 9780745636764
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"