The Story of Modern Science
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series by Henry Smith Williams
Henry Smith Williams
Henry Smith Williams was a medical doctor, lawyer, and author of a number of books on medicine, history, and science. He was born in 1863 and died in 1943.-Select works:*The Historians' History of the World *The Story of Modern Science*...
, published by Funk and Wagnalls Co. The books, published in 1923, explain in great detail the then-cutting-edge technology
Technology
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and scientific methods of the Modern Era.
The 10 volumes include:
- I. Charting the Universe
- II. Exploring the Atom
- III. Analyzing the Man
- IV. Conjuring with Plants
- V. Juggling with Animal Life
- VI. Wonder-Working by Machinery
- VII. Bettering the Race of Man
- VIII. Super-Engines of War
- IX. Radio-Mastery of the Ether
- X. Man and the Magic of Medicine