|
A Brief History of the Age of Steam
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
A Brief History of the Age of Steam
|
Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Thomas Crump
|
Series | Brief Histories |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:384 | Dimensions(mm): Height 132,Width 199 |
|
Category/Genre | Industrialisation and industrial history Trains and railways |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781845295530
|
Classifications | Dewey:621.109 |
---|
Audience | |
|
Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group
|
Imprint |
Robinson Publishing
|
Publication Date |
27 September 2007 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
|
Description
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel, but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India and South America. Crump shows how the steam engine changed the world.
Author Biography
Thomas Crump, successful author of A Brief History of Science, recently underwent a hip operation and brings to this book an understanding of the needs and concerns of the patient. His passionate interest in science and its history has given rise to a number of books, most recently Solar Eclipse and The Anthropology of Numbers. A mathematician and anthropologist, until his retirement in 1994, he taught anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
ReviewsPassionate and entertaining - BBC History Magazine
|