Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World - Couverture rigide

Krebs, Robert E.; Krebs, Carolyn A.

 
9780313313424: Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0313313423 ISBN 13 : 9780313313424
Editeur : Greenwood Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

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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Éditeur
Greenwood Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313313423
ISBN 13 
9780313313424
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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