Great Maritime Achievers in Science and Technology - Macbeath, George
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Generations of practical and ingenious Maritimers have given the world great things. Great Maritime Achievers in Science and Technology brings together the accomplishments of more than thirty trail-blazing scientists and inventors. Among these achievers are Rupert Turnbull, whose variable pitch propeller revolutionized flight; Francis Peabody Sharp, Canada's first commercially successful apple breeder; Abraham Gesner, the founder of the modern petroleum industry; and Georgina Fane Pope and Margaret Macdonald, who developed the science of battlefield nursing.

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Produktbeschreibung
Generations of practical and ingenious Maritimers have given the world great things. Great Maritime Achievers in Science and Technology brings together the accomplishments of more than thirty trail-blazing scientists and inventors. Among these achievers are Rupert Turnbull, whose variable pitch propeller revolutionized flight; Francis Peabody Sharp, Canada's first commercially successful apple breeder; Abraham Gesner, the founder of the modern petroleum industry; and Georgina Fane Pope and Margaret Macdonald, who developed the science of battlefield nursing.
Autorenporträt
George MacBeath received the Order of Canada in recognition of his dedication to the preservation and presentation of Canada's heritage. A graduate of the University of New Brunswick and the Sorbonne, Université de Paris, he was the first director of the Ontario Science Centre, a director of the New Brunswick Museum, and the deputy minister of Heritage for the New Brunswick government, where he was instrumental in the "construction" of the province's two major living heritage museums, Kings Landing and le Village Historique Acadien. His other books include New Brunswick: The Story of Our Province and Steamboat Days on the St. John: 1816-1946.