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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World
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Robert E. Krebs, Carolyn A. Krebs
Book Code: GR1342
ISBN: 0-313-31342-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31342-4
400 pages, figures, table
Greenwood Press
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $76.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Discount Price: $46.17 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 40%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This highly readable and affordable work should be in the reference collection of every high school, public library, college and university.
    —E-Streams     May 2005
  • As a high school level introduction, this volume will do reasonably well.
    —SB&F     July/August 2004
Description: This reference work describes the trial-and-error experiments, discoveries, and inventions of early humans who lived from before recorded history to the Middle Ages. Krebs travels through the ancient periods of Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica, to the classical Greek and Roman periods, and finally to the Christian era, providing students with the link between science and history, while revealing information about many cultures around the world. Each entry provides the who, when, and where of each discovery, invention, or experiment. Entries include calendars, gunpowder, anesthesia, contraception, spontaneous generation, the Arctic Circle, language, and tides. Part of the Groundbreaking Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries through the Ages series, this book provides readers with a detailed look early humans' relation to world around them and the scientific advancements they made. It will be useful to high school and college students, teachers, and the general public interested in the history and science behind ancient civilizations.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Agriculture and Animal Domestication
  • Astronomy
  • Biology, Botony, and Zoology
  • Communications
  • Engineering and Machinery
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine and Health
  • Personal and Household
  • The Physical Sciences
  • Timekeeping
  • Tools and Weaponary
  • Transportation, Trade, and Navigation
LC Card Number: 2003045530
LCC Class: Q124
Dewey Class: 509
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