01383nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_228543 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 509.73 W746 Wilson, Mitchell A. American science and invention, a pictorial history : The fabulous story of how American dreamers, wizards, and inspired tinkerers converted a wilderness into the wonder of the world Mitchell A. Wilson New York Simon and Schuster 1954 Never before has a single richly illustrated volume encompassed the full sweep of our country's inventiveness, from Franlin's experiments with electricity to the dawn of the Atomic Age. More than one thousand rare documentary pictures are combined with 130,000 words of dramatic narrative in this, the first history of its kind ever published. . . Here are the great inventions and discoveries, the scientific thinking and experiments back of them, the lives and personalities of the men who made the magic, the social forces that inspired or inhibted their work, how their contributions have affected our culture, our political and economic history, our manners and morals. Khoa học,Science Lịch sử,History dqhieu Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ