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Author:
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
Title:
12 books that changed the world / Melvyn Bragg.
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
372 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Books and reading.
Civilization, Western.
English literature--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Principia Mathematica (1687) / Isaac Newton -- Married Love (1918) / Marie Stopes -- Magna Carta (1215) / Members of the English ruling classes -- The Rule Book of Association Football (1863) / A group of former English public school men -- On the Origin of Species (1859) / Charles Darwin -- On the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1789) / William Wilberforce -- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) / Mary Wallstonecraft -- Experimental Researches in Electricity (3 volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) / Michael Faraday -- Patent Specification for Arkwright's Spinning Machine (1769) / Richard Arkwright -- The King James Bible (1611) / William Tyndale and fifty-four scholars appointed by the king -- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) / Adam Smith -- The First folio (1623) / William Shakespeare.
ISBN:
0340839821 (pbk.)
9780340839829 (pbk.)
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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