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Yankee Science in the Making by Dirk J. Struik (1992, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486269272

ISBN-139780486269276

eBay Product ID (ePID)1156629

Product Key Features

Book TitleYankee Science in the Making

Number of Pages544 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1992

TopicGeneral, History

IllustratorYes

FeaturesReprint

GenreScience

AuthorDirk J. Struik

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN91-030933

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal509.73

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisReadable survey explores "flowering" of New England science, from Colonial period to Civil War, and covers contributions of Benjamin Franklin, Eli Whitney, Cyrus Field, Louis Agassiz, and many others., 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.

LC Classification NumberQ127.U6S8 1991