In the middle of the 6th century, the Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that carries bubonic plague, collided with the world's mightiest empire. With the death of 25 million people, the Roman Empire, under her last great emperor, Justinian, was decimated. This book tells the story of that collision.
In the middle of the 6th century, the Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that carries bubonic plague, collided with the world's mightiest empire. With the...
Some days change the world. Monday, July 25, 1698 was one of them. In London, a clerk at the Great Seal Patent Office granted patent number 356 and steam power was born. But why did steam power happen when it did? And why was it Great Britain and her onetime North American colonies that staked out a technical and commercial lead?
Some days change the world. Monday, July 25, 1698 was one of them. In London, a clerk at the Great Seal Patent Office granted patent number 356 and st...
