Birdsall, Derek; Carlo M. Cipolla;
The Technology of Man: A Visual History
Wildwood House, 1980, 264 pages
ISBN 070453035X, 9780704530355
topics: | science | history | technology | reference | picture-book
CONTENTS: Introduction The Neolithic Revolution: One of the more interesting chapters, outlining different stages of stone tools with many images; oldest known cloth, wooden handles for use with axes, reed boats, etc. The Decline and Fall Chinese books making, Arabic astrolabes, etc. The "decline and fall" refers to the western view. The Urban Revolution, The Water Mill and the Windmill, The Printing Press, The Galleon, The Scientific Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, The new land of Technology, The Space Age, What Next?.