The early 20th century : technology through the ages / edited by Briony Ryles and Derek Hall. - Redding, Conn. : Brown Bear Books, c2010. - 112 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm. - Curriculum connections .

Includes index.

The bicycle -- Synthetic drugs -- The Panama Canal -- The machine gun -- Subatomic particles -- The first television -- Rockets -- Penicillin and antibiotics -- Artificial fibers -- Development of the helicopter -- Development of radar -- Nuclear fission -- The first computers -- Jet aircraft -- DNA, the double helix -- New chemical elements -- Radio telescopes -- Lasers -- Timelines.

ISBN: 9781933834870 (hc)

LCCN: 2009029602

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Technology
Technological innovations
Discoveries in science
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1914-1918

LC Class. No.: T20 / .E27 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 609/.041