Describes significant experiments, inventions, and discoveries made from 500 to 1600 A.D. in eight areas of science including astronomy, geography and exploration, botany and zoology, medicine and health, mathematics, physics and chemistry, inventions and innovations, and weapons and war.
Examines the efforts of Greeks and Romans to study and understand the underlying principles of nature and discusses their development of a more systematic approach to science.
Explores how the scientific and technological advances of medieval scientists and doctors laid the groundwork for the scientific revolution and European global expansion of the early modern age.
Describes several areas of technology and science in medieval times including agriculture, textiles, home building, metalworking, weapons, alchemy, bookmaking, medicine, astronomy, timekeeping, and transportation.
