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The History of Technology and Science

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Craft 10 000 BC to AD 500; natural philosophy 3000 BC to AD 1400; science 1400 to 1700; technics 500 to 1850; science 1700 to 1850; development of engineering education; some characteristics of science and technology.

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© 1983 G F C Rogers

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Rogers, G.F.C. (1983). The History of Technology and Science. In: The Nature of Engineering. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06683-4_2

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