Inventive geniuses who changed the world : fifty -three great British scientists and engineers and five centuries of innovation / John Bailey.
2022
T173.8 .B35 2022
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Title
Inventive geniuses who changed the world : fifty -three great British scientists and engineers and five centuries of innovation / John Bailey.
Author
Bailey, John, author.
ISBN
9783030813819 (electronic bk.)
3030813819 (electronic bk.)
9783030813802
3030813800
3030813819 (electronic bk.)
9783030813802
3030813800
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-81381-9 doi
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T173.8 .B35 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
609.41
Summary
This 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.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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.
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.