Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
ISBN-10
0313324336
ISBN-13
9780313324338
Category
Science
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Robert E. Krebs

Description

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.

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