The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Science, medicine, and technology have become increasingly important to the average individual in modern society. The importance of these three fields is in many ways one of the defining characteristics of modernity. Understanding their history is essential for educated individuals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 1456
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 203mm x 117mm
• Gewicht: 3561g
• ISBN-13: 9780199766666
• ISBN-10: 0199766665
• Artikelnr.: 47869404

Autorenporträt

Hugh Richard Slotten is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. During the 2010/2011 academic year, he was the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. He is the author of three major books in the history of technology and science in the United States: Radio's Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States (University of Illinois Press, 2009); Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000); and Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U.S. Coast Survey (Cambridge University Press, 1994).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Entries
Introduction
Preface
Common Abbreviations Used in This Work
Entries
Topical Outline of Entries
Directory of Contributors
Index