The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine and Technology

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology includes over 400 entries covering American science, technology and medicine from the colonial era to the present. This encyclopedia is part of the larger Oxford Encyclopedia of American History series. For this review, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology was viewed using the Oxford Reference online interface. A print copy was unavailable for comparison.

Fairly broad in scope, entries range from Benjamin Franklin, Electricity and Electrification, Margaret Sanger, the National Park System and the Manhattan Project, to William H. Gates III (better...