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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
8173714975 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DDC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
509 |
| Edition number |
21 |
| Item number |
CRU |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Crump, Thomas. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
269 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A brief history of science : |
| Remainder of title |
as seen through the development of scientific instruments / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Thomas Crump. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st Carroll & Graf ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Hyderabad : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2001. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxi, 425 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Potential readers should follow the author's lead and ignore the subtitle of this survey of the history of science in Europe and America, or they may be disappointed. Amsterdam-based writer Crump (Solar Eclipse; The Anthropology of Numbers) does discuss the evolution of scientific equipment, but the book is centered around the scientists, not their instruments. Crump begins with mankind's discovery of how to create fire and ends with SQUIDs, superconducting quantum interference devices. In between, there is chemistry, astronomy and 20th-century physics. The sections on advances in electricity and energy measurement make for particularly fascinating reading. Overall, however, Crump's book would have been more successful if he had followed the lead of his subtitle. He attempts to cover too much, and inevitably there are striking gaps and imbalances that leave the final product feeling scattered. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [382]-386) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Contents : From the mastery of fire to scie... 1, Copernicus to Newton 35, Science technology and communica... 77, Discovering electricity 101, science refounded 119 matter and its transformations 145, The new age of physics 203, 15422001 28, ground zero 325, Big science 345 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Science |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
270 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Scientific apparatus and instruments |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
271 |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
e-book |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UFvaoOE-bZwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UFvaoOE-bZwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Item type |
[BK] |