The ideas that changed the world
Subtitle: the essential guide to modern philosophy, science, math, and the arts
By: [edited by] Kathleen Kuiper
Contributors: Britannica Educational Publishing
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fall River Press/Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services; n/a
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781435123878
Subjects: Science; Civilization; Modern Civilization; Idea (Philosophy); Encyclopedias; Inventions; Intellectual life; History
Description: Discusses the people, movements, and events behind the theories and ideas that changed the modern world, covering topics in the biological sciences, mathematics and the physical sciences, the arts, the social sciences, philosophy, religion, and politics and the law.
Notes: "Encyclopaedia Britannica."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]) and index.
Table of contents: title: The biological sciences; title: Mathematics and the physical sciences; title: The arts; title: The social sciences, philosophy, and religion; title: Politics and the law.