The Story of Science in America

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The Story of Science in America
Author L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp
Illustrator Leonard Everett Fisher
Country United States
Language English
Subject(s) History, Science
Publisher Scribners
Publication date 1967
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 282 pp
ISBN NA

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.

[edit] References

  • Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 93-94.