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Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
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Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Author: Robert E Krebs
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, ©2004.
Series: Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Middle Ages and the Renaissance were a period of scientific and literary reawakening. This reference work describes more than 75 experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the period, as well as the scientists, physicians, and scholars responsible for them. Individuals such as Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo are included, along with entries on reconstructive surgery, Stonehenge, eyeglasses, the micros Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert E Krebs
ISBN: 0313324336 9780313324338
OCLC Number: 52726675
Description: xxv, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: A short background and history -- Astronomy -- Geography and exploration -- Biological sciences: botany and zoology -- Medicine, disease, and health -- Mathematics -- Physics and chemistry -- Inventions and innovations -- Weapons and war.
Series Title: Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages
Responsibility: Robert E. Krebs.
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Abstract:

The Middle Ages and the Renaissance were a period of scientific and literary reawakening. This reference work describes more than 75 experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the period, as well as the scientists, physicians, and scholars responsible for them. Individuals such as Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo are included, along with entries on reconstructive surgery, Stonehenge, eyeglasses, the microscope, and the discovery of smallpox. The history and development of nearly 75 discoveries, inventions, and experiments of the period are traced.

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