Opening book details…
Can I read Discoveries That Changed The World on EtoBox?
Discoveries That Changed The World by Rodney Castleden is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Discoveries That Changed The World about?
As it is impossible to rank them in order of importance, they are listed chronologically from as far back as 35,000 BC to the discovery of Oetzi, the Ice Man in 1991. Each article goes into detail about who the discoverers were, how the discoveries came about and their significance. For example in 1543,while on his deathbead, Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus published his theory that the Sun is a motionless body at the centre of the solar system. To make reference easier the book is divided into five sections: 1. Early Discoveries 2.The Great Age of Discovery 3.The Age of Enlightenment 4.The Nineteenth-CenturyWorld 5.The ModernWorld
Who reads Discoveries That Changed The World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rodney Castleden
- Publisher
- Futura
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780708804858
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Historical Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
More by Rodney Castleden
Browse all works by Rodney Castleden
Similar books
- Discoveries in Medicine that Changed the World — Rose Johnson (2018)
- 100 Science Discoveries That Changed The World: That Changed The World — Colin Salter (2021)
- Discoveries in Life Science that Changed the World — Rose Johnson (2018)
- 100 Books that Changed the World — Scott Christianson
- Wow! Discoveries That Changed the World : Discoveries That Changed the World — Ardagh, Philip; Science Museum (Great Britain) (2006)
- What If? : Fifty Discoveries That Changed the World — Buchman, Dian Dincin, Groves, Sele (1988)