The Story of Science in America

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THE STORY OF SCIENCE IN AMERICA
by L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP and CATHERINE C. DE CAMP illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher
Before the Revolution, Americans were backward in science and industry. The colonists lived hard, isolated lives, and had little schooling. Their first attempts to experiment and build up industries were discouraged by the British Government, which demanded an overseas market for manufactured goods in return for raw materials.
Gradually, because of geniuses like Benjamin Franklin and men like John Winthrop, Cotton Mather—who brought smallpox vaccine to America—John Bartram, David Rit-tenhouse, Thomas Jefferson and others, scientific advancements were made. With the spread of the Industrial Revolution and the development of the patent system, interest in science was awakened, but it was not until the later nineteenth century that the majority of Americans saw the value of science in education. Today the United States claims many great scientists and leads the... Tovább

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THE STORY OF SCIENCE IN AMERICA
by L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP and CATHERINE C. DE CAMP illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher
Before the Revolution, Americans were backward in science and industry. The colonists lived hard, isolated lives, and had little schooling. Their first attempts to experiment and build up industries were discouraged by the British Government, which demanded an overseas market for manufactured goods in return for raw materials.
Gradually, because of geniuses like Benjamin Franklin and men like John Winthrop, Cotton Mather—who brought smallpox vaccine to America—John Bartram, David Rit-tenhouse, Thomas Jefferson and others, scientific advancements were made. With the spread of the Industrial Revolution and the development of the patent system, interest in science was awakened, but it was not until the later nineteenth century that the majority of Americans saw the value of science in education. Today the United States claims many great scientists and leads the world in scientific achievement.
Here is the history of science in our country, from the first inventors and naturalists to the scientists of today and tomorrow. The advance of medicine, the breakthroughs in machinery, the conquest of space, the world in the ocean, and the revolution in physics are only a few of the fascinating stories that L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine C. de Camp cover in this exciting book. Their painstaking research and lively writing make the story of science in america invaluable for every home.
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October '67 Vissza