Author

Publication

2006 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD

Language

English

Word Count

44,000 words, Guess

Page Count

176 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCT

Description

"Ingenium is medieval English vernacular for "an ingenious contrivance." In this book, physicist Mark Denny considers five such contrivances and demonstrates how they literally changed the world. Interweaving narrative with diagrams, equations, and drawings, Denny shares the history of each device, explains the physics behind it, and describes how it was used, how it evolved, and why it is significant in today's world."--Jacket.

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  • Ingenium: five machines that changed the worldJohns Hopkins University Press2006-01-01

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