Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Discoveries through the Ages)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: March 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780313324338
Subjects: History of science; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; Science; Science/Mathematics; Europe - General; History; Medieval; Science / General; General; Science, Medieval; Science, Renaissance; Technology
First sentence: Gazing up at the night sky and wondering about the objects wandering against the bright specks of light in the night sky may have been the basis of early religious and philosophical ideologies.
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. The history and development of nearly 75 discoveries, inventions, and experiments of the period are traced.