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1、ChildrenofPrometheusAHistoryofScienceandTechnologyBenjaminFranklinDiscoveringElectricity,byBenjaminWest(c.1816-1817).PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt/Corbis/MagmaChildrenofPrometheusAHistoryofScienceandTechnologySecondEditionJamesMacLachlanWall&Emerson,Inc.Toronto,Ontario•Dayton,Ohioi
2、vChildrenofPrometheusTheAuthorJamesH.MacLachlanisawriterlivinginToronto.FormerlyhewasProfessorofHistoryatRyersonPolytechnicUniversity;beforethathewasAssistantProfessorattheInstitutefortheHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceandTechnology,UniversityofToronto;andbeforethatwasHeadofScie
3、nceatW.A.PorterCollegiateInstituteinToronto.HeholdsaB.A.Sc.inEngineeringPhysicsfromtheUniversityofTorontoandaPh.D.intheHistoryofSciencefromHarvardUniversity.Copyright©1988,1989,2002byJamesMacLachlanAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyform
4、orbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotography,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.Ordersforthisbookorrequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartofthisworkshouldbesentto:Wall&Emerson,Inc.SixO’ConnorDriveToron
5、to,Ontario,CanadaM4K2K1Telephone:(416)467-8685Fax:(416)352-5368E-mail:wall@wallbooks.comWebsite:www.wallbooks.comCoverdesignandpictureresearch:AlexanderWallCoverpicture:BenjaminFranklinDiscoveringElectricity,byBenjaminWest.PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt/Corbis/MagmaNationalLibraryof
6、CanadaCataloguinginPublicationDataMacLachlan,JamesH.,1928-ChildrenofPrometheus:ahistoryofscienceandtechnology2nded.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-921332-51-31.Scienceandcivilization.2.Science—History.3.Technology—History.I.TitleCB478.M142002509C2001-901711-1P
7、rintedinCanada.TableofContentsPreface.....................................xiForeword...................................xiiiScienceandTechnology,xivHistory,xxUnitsandSymbols,xxivForFurtherReading,xxviPrologue....................................3ChangeofPace,3MakingtheWorldOurO
8、wn,5InaMind’sEye,6PARTIAncientTimes9InaMind’sEye,12ForFurtherReading
