Item #190168 Science as history : the story of man's technological progress from steam engine to satellite / by Heinz Gartmann ; translated from the German by Alan G. Readett. Heinz Gartmann.

Science as history : the story of man's technological progress from steam engine to satellite / by Heinz Gartmann ; translated from the German by Alan G. Readett

1961, Readers Union Edition. London : Readers Union - Hodder and Stoughton. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 347 pages; Physical description: xvii, 347 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Technology -- History -- Development -- Technological innovations. Notes: Published in New York in 1959 under title: Rings around the world. Originally published in German under the title of "Sonst stunde die Welt still.". Bibliography: p. 337-343. Item #190168

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