Major Breakthrough: Important Technological Inventions and Discoveries of the 20th Century (Part 1)

Author: Wang Yichuan
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Publish Date: 2000-06-01
Features: This book is divided into two volumes and presents, in a popular and vivid manner, the most important and greatest technological inventions and discoveries of the past century since the late 19th century. The first volume covers five major fields: weapons, materials, computers, electrical appliances, and environmental protection. It includes the inventions of firearms, cannons, early weapons, shells, landmines, sea mines, torpedoes, battleships, aircraft carriers, fighters, bombers, atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, neutron bombs, and missiles; the development of synthetic fibers, rare metals, special glass, superconducting materials, and smart materials; as well as the inventions of computers, microprocessors, calculators, electronic game consoles, and robots. The book is well-researched and highly readable, making it an excellent work of popular science suitable for middle and high school students as well as general readers.