A must for Key Stage 3 students aged 11 and up, this engaging book uses timelines to describe scientific and technological advances from 1500 to 1700. The Birth of Science investigates scientific developments in the early modern era and includes the discoveries of important scientific figures such as Galileo, Copernicus and Newton.

Each volume in the five-book series examines the story of scientific discovery in a series of timelines and each chapter examines either a particular aspect of science, or the life and work of an important scientist of the time. Parallels with other fields, such as astronomy and mathematics are highlighted so that readers can gain a rounded understanding of how scientists build on what has gone before and how science flourished in different parts of the world, or in different disciplines at the same time.

This book is part of a book series called Science Timelines .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Charlie Samuels is an experienced author of history books for children.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 1: Printing
• 1: Leonardo da Vinci
• 1: Copernicus
• 1: Galileo Galilei
• 1: The pendulum clock
• 1: The barometer and vacuums
• 1: Isaac Newton
• 1: Telescopes
• 1: The nature of light
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Further reading
• 1: Index