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Title:

The early 20th century / edited by Briony Ryles and Derek Hall.

Publisher:

Brown Bear Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Technology--History--20th century.
Technological innovations--History--20th century.
Discoveries in science--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
World War, 1914-1918--Technology.

Other Authors:

Ryles, Briony.
Hall, derek, 1930-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

The bicycle -- Synthetic drugs -- The Panama Canal -- The machine gun -- Subatomic particles -- The first television -- Rockets -- Penicillin and antibiotics -- Artificial fibers -- Development of the helicopter -- Development of radar -- Nuclear fission -- The first computers -- Jet aircraft -- DNA, the double helix -- New chemical elements -- Radio telescopes -- Lasers -- Timelines.

Series:

Curriculum connections

ISBN:

1933834870
9781933834870 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2009029602

Locations:

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)