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catalog abstract "Encompassing scientific achievements from China, the Mediterranean world, Mesoamerica, and elsewhere, this text describes technological and scientific inventions from prehistory to the Middle Ages. Separate chapters are devoted to agriculture, astronomy, communications, engineering, timekeeping, tools and weaponry, medicine and health, mathematics, transportation and trade, the physical sciences, botany and zoology, the physical sciences, personal and household items. The text is written to be understandable to students at a high school level.".
catalog alternative "Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions & discoveries of the ancient world".
catalog contributor b13073366.
catalog contributor b13073367.
catalog created "c2003.".
catalog date "2003".
catalog date "c2003.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
catalog description "1. Agriculture and Animal Domestication -- Background and Breeding (Animal Domestication) -- Principal Domesticated Species and Why They Were Chosen -- Development of Animal Equipment -- 2. Astronomy -- Astrology -- The Geocentric View of the Universe -- The Heliocentric View of the Universe -- Compilation of Astronomical Maps and Star Catalogs -- Discovery of Eclipses, Comets, Novas, and Sunspots -- Calculating the Earth's Circumference -- Calculating the Length of the Solar Year -- Calculating the Earth's Ecliptic -- Tides -- Instrumentation -- 3. Biology, Botany, and Zoology -- The Greeks of Ionia -- Athens -- the Center of Ancient Learning -- Taxonomy -- Zoology and the Classification of Animals -- Botany and the Classification of Plants -- Reproduction -- 4. Communication -- Language -- Writing and the Alphabet -- Paper -- Printing -- Postal Systems -- 5. Engineering and Machinery -- Simple Machines -- Building Materials and Construction -- Water Systems -- 6. Mathematics -- ".
catalog description "Absolute Time -- Relative Time -- Calendars -- Timekeeping Devices -- 11. Tools and Weaponry -- Dating the Origin of Tools and Weapons -- Survival Tools -- Colonizing (Working) Tools -- Weaponry -- 12. Transportation, Trade, and Navigation -- Transportation -- Trade -- Navigation and Exploration -- History of Shipbuilding.".
catalog description "Encompassing scientific achievements from China, the Mediterranean world, Mesoamerica, and elsewhere, this text describes technological and scientific inventions from prehistory to the Middle Ages. Separate chapters are devoted to agriculture, astronomy, communications, engineering, timekeeping, tools and weaponry, medicine and health, mathematics, transportation and trade, the physical sciences, botany and zoology, the physical sciences, personal and household items. The text is written to be understandable to students at a high school level.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-361) and indexes.".
catalog description "The Mathematics of Mesopotamia (Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian) -- The Mathematics of Egypt -- The Mathematics of China -- The Mathematics of Ancient Greece -- The Mathematics of the Indus Civilizations -- Roman Numerals -- Abacus -- Pi ([pi]) or Squaring the Circle or "Perfect Exhaustion" -- Zero -- 7. Medicine and Health -- Primitive Medicine -- History of Disease -- Medicine in Mesopotamia -- Medicine in Palestine (Israel) -- Medicine in Egypt -- Medicine of the Indus Civilizations -- Medicine in China -- Medicine in Ancient Greece -- Medicine in Alexandria (Egypt) -- Medicine in the Roman Empire -- 8. Personal and Household -- Body Ornamentation -- Contraception -- Glass -- Heating, Cooling, and Refrigeration -- Ink -- Lighting -- Locks -- Mirrors -- Pottery -- Sanitation -- Weaving -- 9. The Physical Sciences -- Fire and Its "Discovery" as a Tool -- The Three-Age System -- Metallurgy -- Alchemy and Chemistry -- Philosophy of the Physical Sciences -- 10. Timekeeping -- ".
catalog extent "xix, 376 p. :".
catalog identifier "0313313423 (alk. paper)".
catalog isPartOf "Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages".
catalog issued "2003".
catalog issued "c2003.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,".
catalog subject "509.3 21".
catalog subject "Q124.95 .K74 2003".
catalog subject "Science, Ancient.".
catalog subject "Technology History.".
catalog tableOfContents "1. Agriculture and Animal Domestication -- Background and Breeding (Animal Domestication) -- Principal Domesticated Species and Why They Were Chosen -- Development of Animal Equipment -- 2. Astronomy -- Astrology -- The Geocentric View of the Universe -- The Heliocentric View of the Universe -- Compilation of Astronomical Maps and Star Catalogs -- Discovery of Eclipses, Comets, Novas, and Sunspots -- Calculating the Earth's Circumference -- Calculating the Length of the Solar Year -- Calculating the Earth's Ecliptic -- Tides -- Instrumentation -- 3. Biology, Botany, and Zoology -- The Greeks of Ionia -- Athens -- the Center of Ancient Learning -- Taxonomy -- Zoology and the Classification of Animals -- Botany and the Classification of Plants -- Reproduction -- 4. Communication -- Language -- Writing and the Alphabet -- Paper -- Printing -- Postal Systems -- 5. Engineering and Machinery -- Simple Machines -- Building Materials and Construction -- Water Systems -- 6. Mathematics -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Absolute Time -- Relative Time -- Calendars -- Timekeeping Devices -- 11. Tools and Weaponry -- Dating the Origin of Tools and Weapons -- Survival Tools -- Colonizing (Working) Tools -- Weaponry -- 12. Transportation, Trade, and Navigation -- Transportation -- Trade -- Navigation and Exploration -- History of Shipbuilding.".
catalog tableOfContents "The Mathematics of Mesopotamia (Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian) -- The Mathematics of Egypt -- The Mathematics of China -- The Mathematics of Ancient Greece -- The Mathematics of the Indus Civilizations -- Roman Numerals -- Abacus -- Pi ([pi]) or Squaring the Circle or "Perfect Exhaustion" -- Zero -- 7. Medicine and Health -- Primitive Medicine -- History of Disease -- Medicine in Mesopotamia -- Medicine in Palestine (Israel) -- Medicine in Egypt -- Medicine of the Indus Civilizations -- Medicine in China -- Medicine in Ancient Greece -- Medicine in Alexandria (Egypt) -- Medicine in the Roman Empire -- 8. Personal and Household -- Body Ornamentation -- Contraception -- Glass -- Heating, Cooling, and Refrigeration -- Ink -- Lighting -- Locks -- Mirrors -- Pottery -- Sanitation -- Weaving -- 9. The Physical Sciences -- Fire and Its "Discovery" as a Tool -- The Three-Age System -- Metallurgy -- Alchemy and Chemistry -- Philosophy of the Physical Sciences -- 10. Timekeeping -- ".
catalog title "Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions & discoveries of the ancient world".
catalog title "Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the ancient world / Robert E. Krebs and Carolyn A. Krebs.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".