A History of Science Volume 1

by Williams Henry Smith 1863-

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Science

378 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

Reviews

[Saravana Sastha Kumar · Rating 2 out of 5]

A Eurocentric to the history of science. Not acceptable in this age and time.

[Bindu A.bambah · Rating 1 out of 5]

No information just a list of books very disappointed

[Dale Alan Bryant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Archival. The best in the field. This 4-volume collection is, any, history, researcher's go-to.

[Jason Guilford · Rating 3 out of 5]

As an older book, it has its limitations. Research into the development of science and technology is much more mature than it was when this book was written, in the early 20th century. The narrative is readable, but there are a lot of language anachronisms as well as cultural baggage that could be happily tossed aside today. All in all, worth the read if you are looking for what early 20th century Americans thought about the sciences of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia through to Rome.