The Story of Science in America

The Story of Science in America

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name = The Story of Science in America
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author = L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp
illustrator = Leonard Everett Fisher
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country = United States
language = English
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subject = History, Science
publisher = Scribners
release_date = 1967
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 282 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Story of Science in America" is a 1967 science book by L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher, published by Scribners. It has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Burmese and French.

The book traces the work of inventors and naturalists in the United States from the Colonial era through the mid-nineteenth century, and relates scientific developments in the century following.

References

*cite book | last=Laughlin | first=Charlotte | coauthors=Daniel J. H. Levack | title=De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | pages=93-94 | date=1983


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