Making of Modern Science: Science, Technology, Medicine and Modernity

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"