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_aBailey, John. _eauthor. _4aut _4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut |
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_aInventive Geniuses Who Changed the World _h[electronic resource] : _bFifty-Three Great British Scientists and Engineers and Five Centuries of Innovation / _cby John Bailey. |
250 | _a1st ed. 2022. | ||
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_aCham : _bSpringer International Publishing : _bImprint: Springer, _c2022. |
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505 | 0 | _aIntroduction -- “Revolutions” - Scientific, Agricultural and Industrial -- The Steam Age – Evolution of Steam Engines and the 1st Steam Locomotive -- Advances in Forms of Transport – Steam Locomotives, Cycle Tyres, Oceanic Liners, and Jet Aircraft. Transport Infrastructure - Canals, Roads, and Commercial Railways -- Drawbacks with Industrialization. Sanitary Revolution Offering Technologies to Improve Public Health -- Natural Sciences -- History of the Atom, 1803 to 1932. | |
520 | _aThis book describes the life and times of fifty-three great British scientists and engineers – male and female inventive geniuses who changed the world, improving the lives of mankind, and propelling humanity forward. Their stories abound with personal ingenuity, brilliance and scientific or engineering wizardry, and with the ambition to satisfy fundamental human needs. The author aspires to set these individual achievements in the socio-political context of their place in history, sometimes embracing the activities of others to round off the story and scientific contribution. Avoiding overly technical language, he nonetheless succeeds in making complex theories and technologies more comprehensible and accessible to a lay audience. This book is a must for all those interested in the prehistory and history of the steam engine, transport, communication technology, public health services, and many topics from the natural sciences. Many of the inventions described in its pages have helped shape the modern world. | ||
650 | 0 | _aCivil engineering. | |
650 | 0 | _aTechnology. | |
650 | 0 | _aHistory. | |
650 | 0 | _aPhysicists—Biography. | |
650 | 0 | _aAstronomers—Biography. | |
650 | 0 | _aGreat Britain—History. | |
650 | 1 | 4 | _aCivil Engineering. |
650 | 2 | 4 | _aHistory of Technology. |
650 | 2 | 4 | _aBiographies of Physicists and Astronomers. |
650 | 2 | 4 | _aHistory of Britain and Ireland. |
653 | 0 | _aEngineers -- Great Britain | |
653 | 0 | _aScientists -- Great Britain | |
653 | 0 | _aTechnological innovations -- Great Britain -- History | |
710 | 2 | _aSpringerLink (Online service) | |
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