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Making the Modern World:
Milestones of Science and Technology
Second Edition
Peter Morris, editorDescription
The Kodak camera, the brain scanner, the steam turbine, the telephone—such inventions not only changed the course of history, but also changed our understanding of what the human race
could achieve. Since its publication in 1990, Making the Modern World has served as an authoritative guide to this remarkable history
of human innovation. The second edition of Making the Modern World
takes its readers up to the present day, with insightful discussions of
the new technologies we already take for granted—from in vitro fertilization to the
Internet.
Organized chronologically, the book begins with a look at the
navigational tools that mapped the New World, such as the octant and
the chronometer, before moving on to the steam-powered factory machines
of the Industrial Revolution, the lifesaving medicines of World
Wars I and II, and the dynamically designed consumer goods of the
1950s and ’60s. An essay about each invention, written by an expert in
the field, includes a short history of the invention’s creation, use, and
significance—and is accompanied by a specially commissioned color
photograph as well as supplementary archival photographs in black
and white.
Edited by Peter Morris, Head of Research at London’s Science Museum, Making the Modern World will be fascinating reading for
anyone interested in the history in science and technology.
Product Details
Hardcover
10 x 10; 240 pages; illustrated (b&w and color)
ISBN: 978-0-9817736-5-0