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Science: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Changed the World Year by Year

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Witness the epic chronological journey of human ingenuity with Science: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Changed the World Year by Year, a sweeping historical encyclopedia published by Dorling Kindersley. Spanning from the earliest prehistoric stone tools to modern quantum mechanics and genetic engineering, this monumental volume organizes thousands of years of human breakthrough into an easy-to-follow, year-by-year timeline structure. Readers will witness the precise historical moments when world-altering theories were proposed—from Galileo's telescopic discoveries to Einstein's relativity—while exploring how parallel leaps in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and astronomy intersected to shape our modern civilization. Packed with DK's signature high-definition visual spreads, cross-sectional technical diagrams, biographies of legendary scientists, and rare archival artifacts, this text makes complex concepts strikingly accessible. It serves as an unparalleled foundational reference for high school students, college researchers, history buffs, and general science collections in school and public libraries.

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Series Title

DK Ultimate Visual Guides

Call Number

509 CHR s

Publisher

London, United Kingdom : Dorling Kindersley., 2013

Collation

304 pages : color illustrations & timelines ; 28 c

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781409316138

Classification

509

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Edition

Standard Paperback Edition

Subject(s)

history
Astronomy
scientific
medicine
discoveries
Science
Encyclopedias
Timelines

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