Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton
1868-1951
British inventor, writer, and member of the military. One of the originators of the tank, he is responsible for the use the word tank to describe armored vehicles u...
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Introduction: 2000 B.c. to A.d. 699
Overview
Throughout the course of human history, science and society have advanced in a dynamic and mutual embrace. Regardless of scholarly contentions regarding an...
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Introduction: 700–1449
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The centuries between 700 and 1449 encompassed the bulk of the Middle Ages, the first glimmerings of the Renaissance, dramatic technical and cultural advances in...
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Introduction: 1450–1699
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The years between 1450 and 1699 were a time of worldwide upheaval and change, of discovery and rediscovery, of exploration and invention. During this period the...
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Introduction: 1700–1799
The Age of Enlightenment Carries the Scientific Revolution Forward
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the way educated people viewed the natural world and th...
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Introduction: 1800–1899
Overview
The nineteenth century brought the world telephones, telegraphs, steamboats, electric lights, movies, sewing machines, cars, electric motors, the railroad, Ferr...
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Introduction: 1900–1949
Overview
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. Scientifi...
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Introduction: 1950–Present
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The second half of the twentieth century saw the most rapid increase in scientific knowledge of any time in history. Particularly amazing progress was made i...
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Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton