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Автор: Neil Schlager
Издательство: Gale
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 0-7876-3938-9
Количество страниц: 652
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Размер: 8 Мб
Каталожный номер: 4354
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The years between 1900 and 1949 were a time of extremes that included two world wars, a revolution in Russia, and the Depression in the United States. Scientific revolutions brought exciting new knowledge but also called into question the most basic concepts. New technologies and materials provided more deadly instruments of war but also lengthened lives and eased the demands on raw human muscle power. Exploration in this period echoed these extremes. Since many of the easier targets had already been reached, explorers headed for the poles, ventured deep beneath the ocean’s surface, and high into the atmosphere.
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