Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War

Dirk J. Struik

ISBN 10: 0486269272 / ISBN 13: 9780486269276

Published by Dover Publications January 1992, 1992

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Very light spinal creasing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Yankee Science in the Making: Science and Engineering in New England from Colonial Times to the Civil War
• Publisher: Dover Publications January 1992
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486269272
• ISBN 13: 9780486269276
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Thoughtful, readable survey explores "flowering" of science in New England from Colonial times to the Civil War. Describes contributions of scientists Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney, engineers George Washington Whistler and Cyrus Field, naturalists Gray, Agassiz, and Dana; medical accomplishments of Holmes, Morton and Jarvis, beginnings of Darwinism, much more.