The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699

The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699
ISBN-10
0816068798
ISBN-13
9780816068791
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
257
Language
English
Published
2009-01-01
Publisher
Infobase Publishing
Authors
Ray Spangenburg, Diane Moser

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Discusses major scientists as well as scientific knowledge and discoveries from ancient times through the seventeenth century.

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