{"product_id":"great-maritime-achievers-in-science-george-macbeath-9780864923806","title":"Great Maritime Achievers in Science and Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003eGenerations of practical and ingenious Maritimers have given the word great things. Since the mid-nineteenth century, scientists have fanned out into the world from colleges and universities that are among the oldest in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Maritime Achievers in Science and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the achievements of more than 30 of these trail-blazing scientists and inventors, many of whom gained national and international prominence in the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong those profiled in the book are Grace Annie Lockhart, the first woman in the British Empire to earn a university science degree; Charles Fenerty, who discovered how to make paper out of wood; Abraham Gesner, who invented kerosene and fathered the petroleum industry; and others whose practical, yet creative minds helped change the course of Canada's scientific history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Macbeath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0864923805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780864923806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.70w x 0.34d","brand":"George Macbeath","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453422678271,"sku":"9780864923806","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a09bda55-a054-4d10-9d5c-2098b0212aaa.jpg?v=1777300136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/great-maritime-achievers-in-science-george-macbeath-9780864923806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}