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Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Technology book cover

1st Edition

Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Technology

Edited By Colin Hempstead, William Worthington Copyright 2005
992 Pages 203 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Comprised of 395 essays arranged alphabetically, most on individual objects, artifacts, techniques, and products, this is an up-to-date reference work for all those involved in teaching or researching the history of twentieth-century technology, as well as the serious general reader. The core of each of the main entries is a technical description, within a historical narrative, of about 1,000... Read more
For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encycloped ia of 20th-Century Technology website

Biography

Colin Hempstead is a former reader in the History of Science and Technology, University of Teesside (UK) and the former chairman of the History of Technology Committee of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK). William Worthington is the former curator of the history of technology at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.

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