| ID | 010076 |
| Call Number | 609/DYS |
| Title Proper | History of great inventions |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dyson, James |
| Publication | London, Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2001. |
| Description | 188p Red Spine |
| Note | In an arrangement partly encyclopedic and partly chronological, Dyson and his two dozen contributors divide all inventions into six periods; the breaks between periods are determined by when a technological era attained its acme, such as refinement of the steam engine by the 1830s. A continuity across the periods is the authors' recognition that some needs are timeless, such as the imperative to contain and transport fire; Dyson's piece about the friction match, invented in 1826, pays homage to a technical lineage that stretches back to our hominid ancestors more than a million years ago. |
| Note | Introduction: Man's need to invent
2.6 million BC to AD1: How technology made civilisation possible
AD1 to 1649: Spreading knowledge and shrinking the globe
1650 to 1829: Harnessing steam brings a new way of life
1830 to 1899: The story of light, sound and motion
1900 to 1944: Two world wars force the pace of change
1945 to 2000: Living with the chip and the gene
Index |
| Standard Number | 1841196177 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.350(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 609 |
| Key Words | IGCSE ; Inventions - History ; Inventors - Biography |