Emanating from the prestigious Science Museum, London, this is the only one-volume encyclopaedia covering the entire field of the history of technology.

* 22 sections cover the entire field of the history of technology and each section summarises the development of its subject from the earliest times to the pres

Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with

Available for the first time in paperback, this volume includes twenty-two chapters by international experts covering the entire history of technology from huma