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©2025
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400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
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Includes index
3.3 MYA-799 CE: before science began -- 800-1542: the European and Islamic renaissance -- 1543-1788: the age of discovery -- 1789-1894: the age of revolutions -- 1895-1945: the Atomic Age -- 1946-2024: the Information Age
"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 history of 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."-- Provided by publisher
"Previously printed as Timelines of science" -- Cover
At head of title: Smithsonian
"The ultimate visual guide to the discoveries that shaped the world"--Cover