Norton history of science

A history of technology from the age of stone implements to that of the supercomputer. Describes the social and cultural contexts within which technology developed.

Chronicles humanity's long quest to understand its own origins, synthesizing the discoveries in geography, geology, and evolutionary biology that have brought us to our current knowledge of the fragility and connectedness of life on Earth and created the new science of ecology.

A history of technology from the age of stone implements to that of the supercomputer. Describes the social and cultural contexts within which technology developed.