The Timetables of Technology: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Technology - Softcover

Bunch, Bryan H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067188767X ISBN 13: 9780671887674

Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1994

Synopsis

Traces the history of technology from the invention of the wheel through the latest scientific and technological advances

About this title

From Library Journal:

Organized chronologically, beginning with the appearance of Homo habilis in 2,400,000 B.C. and concluding with a robotics-based ocean probe in Antarctica in 1993, this is a well-designed and comprehensive overview of technological developments. The major categories change over time from General, Agricultural/Construction, Communications/ Transportation, Food & Agriculture, and Tools/Materials to General, Communications, Electronics & Computers, Energy, Food & Shelter, Materials, Medical Technology, Tools & Devices, and Transportation, reflecting the development and increasing importance of new technologies. There are introductory textual sections, substantial annotations of points of interest, and extensive indexes. A companion to The Timetables of Science (S. & S., 1991), this is a useful reference tool for popular science collections.
Hilary D. Burton, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, Cal.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 067188767X
• ISBN 13: 9780671887674
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Hellemans Alexander