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Science year by year the ultimate visual guide to the discoveries that changed the world

"This epic journey of scientific discovery starts in ancient times and travels through centuries of invention before fast forwarding into the future. From simple machines to modern-day marvels, you'll follow incredible illustrated timelines that plot the entire historyof science and highlight the mo...

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Main Authors: Challoner, Jack (Author), Harvey, Derek (Author), Farndon, John (Author), Parker, Philip, 1965- (Author), Weeks, Marcus (Author), Sparrow, Giles, 1970- (Author), Gribbin, Mary (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2025.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Science > History.
Science > Miscellanea.
Discoveries in science > History > Chronology.
Science > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Summary:"This epic journey of scientific discovery starts in ancient times and travels through centuries of invention before fast forwarding into the future. From simple machines to modern-day marvels, you'll follow incredible illustrated timelines that plot the entire historyof science and highlight the most momentous discoveries. A jaw-dropping collection of more than 1,500 photographs, illustrations, maps, and graphics charts the evolution of science year by year, century by century. You'll meet influential inventors and famous faces from the past, including Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, and Stephen Hawking. You'll visit places of scientific importance, such as prehistoric cave art, Stonehenge, Hiroshima and the first atomic bomb, the Moon landings, and the Higgs boson particle. These huge events are made simple thanks to eye-catching images, helpful timelines, and accessible, informative text."--
Item Description:Includes index.
"Previously printed as Timelines of science" -- Cover.
At head of title: Smithsonian.
"The ultimate visual guide to the discoveries that shaped the world"--Cover.
Physical Description:400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
ISBN:9780593966747
0593966740
Author Notes:DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK's extensive children's list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

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