The History of Science in the Nineteenth Century

by Diane K. Moser, Diane Moser, Ray Spangenburg

Examines the role of science in the Industrial Revolution, its establishment as a popular discipline, and discoveries in the areas of atoms and the elements, chemistry, evolution, and energy. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816027412
• ISBN13: 9780816027415
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

International Approach

This book for older elementary describe men and women of science in the nineteenth century. Although the approach is international, the teacher could use the book to show students the type of science that took place in the nineteenth century in the physical and life sciences. Topics of discussion include atoms and elements, chemistry, energy, magnetism and electricity, sky and earth, Darwin, and organs, germs and cells.