GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS, INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE

This reference work describes more than 75 experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the period, as well as the scientists, physic ians, and scholars responsible for them. Individuals such as Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo are included, along with ent ries on reconstructive surgery, Stonehenge, eyeglasses, the microscope, and the discovery of smallpox. Part of a unique series that ranges from ancient times to the 20th century, this exploration of scientific advancements during the Middle Ages and the Renaissanc e will be...[Leer más]