Discover the wide range of scientific and technological advances that occurred throughout history. Find out how the Egyptians calculated the height of a pyramid, or how ArchimedeS' screw worked. Create your own Mayan codex or a medieval trebuchet and learn how life used to be in the past and how amazing inventions of yesterday have changed the way in which people live today.

 

This book is part of a book series called Hands On History .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Anness Publishing .

Rachel Halstead, consulting editor, received a BA (Hons) in History from Durham University College in London. She is now head of the History Department for a British secondary school. Struan Reid, consulting editor, is an archaeologist and historian who has written a number of educational and reference books for children. His main area of expertise is writing history books aimed at a younger audience. Straun Reid is a graduate in archaeology, and worked for five years on historical sites in the Middle East. He returns to give lectures on the castles of the saracens and the crusaders.