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Science - as Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments by Crump, Thomas Publication: HYDERABAD UNIVERSITIES PRESS 2004 . 425p Date: 2004 Availability: Items available: Christ Junior College [509 CRU] (1),
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A brief history of science : by Crump, Thomas. Publication: Hyderabad : University Press, 2001 . xxi, 425 p. : , 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. 24 cm. Date: 2001 Availability: Items available: Christ Junior College ->General Stacks [509 CRU] (2),
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