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

Subjects:

• Science » Science (General)
• History » European History -- Early Modern/Renaissance
• History » European History -- Medieval

Reviews:

• [K]rebs's approach shows readers how pervasive early discoverers' names and, more importantly, their theories and inventions are in modern life. Appropriate for high school and college libraries, this is also a convenient and accessible guide for the public. Highly recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates.
  —Choice November 2004
• [T]his book is a practical reference tool for someone who does not know much about the various topics or individuals covered....This book is the sort of brief outline that should encourage the reader to look further and learn more and is therefore ideal for younger students. The book's contents may surprise and inspire such an audience when they realize just how much their modern world owes to the past.
  —The Sixteenth Century Journal Spring 2006
• [P]resents a wealth of little known but important facts, which characterize and elucidate an epoch lasting well over a century....[a]ppropriate for the circulating collections of academic and public libraries. Individual chapters will find a niche on the reading lists of high school and college classes in geography, history, and the sciences. Highly recommended. It imparts a new flavor to the often pedantic history of science.
  —E-Streams December 2004
• [I] do not know of any book that is as comprehensive as this one.
  —SB&F November/December 2004

Table of Contents:

• Series Foreword
• Introduction
• A Short Background and History
• Astronomy
• Geography and Exploration
• Biological Sciences: Botany and Zoology
• Medicine, Disease, and Health
• Mathematics
• Physics and Chemistry
• Inventions and Innovations
• Weapons and War
• Glossary
• Selected Bibliography
• Index of Names and Subjects