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Events that Changed the World
The most influential, innovative and inspirational minds behins the events that shaped our world.
The 20th century began with a sense of great optimism. Extraordinary breakthroughs in science and invention promised the dawn of an exciting new world.
Yet great developments in military technology, travel opportunities and a shift in ideologies and old rivalries, made the 20th century one of the most violent and tumultuos in world history. And the most progressive.
From the sinking of the Titanic, to the release of the first personal computer, Events that Chapnged the World uncovers the people and minds - along with the influences - behind some of the last century's most significant events.
Some have changed the way people think, others have changed the course of events across the globe - sometimes for the better, at other times with devastating results. All have chronicled our history.
Chapters include:
Culture and Society
Humanity and Liberty
Medicine
Politics and War
Science
Space and the Environment
Technology
The 20th century began with a sense of great optimism. Extraordinary breakthroughs in science and invention promised the dawn of an exciting new world.
Yet great developments in military technology, travel opportunities and a shift in ideologies and old rivalries, made the 20th century one of the most violent and tumultuos in world history. And the most progressive.
From the sinking of the Titanic, to the release of the first personal computer, Events that Chapnged the World uncovers the people and minds - along with the influences - behind some of the last century's most significant events.
Some have changed the way people think, others have changed the course of events across the globe - sometimes for the better, at other times with devastating results. All have chronicled our history.
Chapters include:
Culture and Society
Humanity and Liberty
Medicine
Politics and War
Science
Space and the Environment
Technology
192 pages, Paperback
Published April 19, 2018
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April 17, 2023
A pretty good read, if a bit repetitive. I learnt a lot of interesting trivia, and the whole book was very easy to digest and simple to read for a lay man like me.
Each event is presented as a page and a half of context followed by a page describing the event itself, which led to a lot of duplicated information. I won't lie, I found a lot of the medical/science events a little tedious to read, but I am not generally interested by science-y stuff anyway. Also, a lot of the events in the war/politics section seemed to revolve around WW2 and the cold war - I get why, and liked reading about it, but some variety there would have been nice.
Each event is presented as a page and a half of context followed by a page describing the event itself, which led to a lot of duplicated information. I won't lie, I found a lot of the medical/science events a little tedious to read, but I am not generally interested by science-y stuff anyway. Also, a lot of the events in the war/politics section seemed to revolve around WW2 and the cold war - I get why, and liked reading about it, but some variety there would have been nice.
November 3, 2024
Easy to read and Kind of straight to the point.
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