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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World
Robert E. Krebs, Carolyn A. Krebs
ISBN: 0-313-31342-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31342-4
400 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $76.95 (UK Sterling Price: £53.95)
Discount Price: $38.48 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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
About the Author: ROBERT KREBS is retired Associate Dean for Research at the University of Illinois Health Sciences. He is also a former science teacher, science specialist for the U.S. Government, and university reasearch administrator.

CAROLYN A. KREBS began her literary career in the textbook division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company in New York City. Before retiring to South Padre Island to assist her husband, Robert, in writing science books, she was the Executive Director of the Fort Wayne, Indiana Medical Society.
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