Author | Robert V. Bruce |
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Country | United States |
Genre | History |
Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1987 |
Pages | 464 |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History |
ISBN | 978-1597401920 |
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 is a 1987 nonfiction book by American historian Robert V. Bruce, published by Knopf. [1] The book is a social history chronicling a three-decade period in American science. It won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History. [2]