TY - BOOK AU - Heilbron, J. L. TI - The Oxford illustrated companion to the history of modern science SN - 9781603760362 AV - Q 125 .Ox26 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - New York, NY PB - Tess Press KW - Science KW - sears N1 - Hundreds of entries, from 1550 to the present- -Cover; Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2003 N2 - This one-volume reference resource comprehensively discusses science from 1550 to the present. Importantly, it stresses on technological ideas, discoveries and institutions that have shaped the world. It also traces the spread of science from its traditional centers and explains how the prevailing knowledge of non-Western societies has modified or contributed to the dominant global science ER -