History of ships

Author: Yang You
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is another work on ship history by Professor Yang You, a renowned scholar of the history of science and technology and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, following his previous book "The History of Sailing Ships." Professor Yang has long been engaged in the production, education, and research of ships. Now, with his spirit of seeking truth and pragmatism, he is dedicated to the study of ship history in China and abroad. The book concisely and briefly narrates the development processes of various types of steamships, iron ships, passenger liners, merchant ships, fishing boats, yachts, military vessels, and engineering ships, aiming to help readers acquire rich knowledge about ships and the ocean in the least amount of time. It enables readers not only to know "what" but also to understand "why" certain things are the way they are. This is a science-oriented popular science book.