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Title:

The modern world / edited by Briony Ryles and Derek Hall.

Publisher:

Brown Bear Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Technology--History--20th century.
Technology--History--21st century.
Technological innovations--History--20th century.
Technological innovations--History--21st century.
Discoveries in science--History--20th century.
Discoveries in science--History--21st century.

Other Authors:

Ryles, Briony.
Hall, Derek, 1930-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Planetary probes -- Nuclear weapons -- Guided missiles -- Semiconductors -- Seeing inside the body -- Advanced surgery -- Robotics -- The Apollo moon program -- The moon's secrets -- High-speed trains -- Birth of personal computers -- Space shuttle and space stations -- Superconductors -- The Hubble space telescope -- Cloning -- The greenhouse effect -- The Human Genome Project -- The World Wide Web -- Future energy -- Timelines.

Series:

Curriculum connections

ISBN:

1933834889
9781933834887 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2009029603

Locations:

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)