A Dictionary of the History of Science

This dictionary covers the history of applied science, including medical and biomedical applications. It contains approximately 3000 detailed and extensively researched entries painstakingly compiled by Dr. Anton Sebastian, author of A Dictionary of the History of Medicine. A work of exceptional scholarship, it contains many rarely seen illustrations from original sources involving hundreds of books and journals. This dictionary offers special value to scientists, doctors, and students as an outstanding source of captivating anecdotes and background material along with hard-to-find, authoritative information about notable scientific figures, inventions, terms, and dates.