Invention during the Renaissance -- Johannes Gutenberg: the written word for everyone -- Leon Battista Alberti: writing, painting, architecture, and science -- Leonardo da Vinci: a Renaissance man with ideas on everything -- Gerardus Mercator: mapping the world -- Galileo Galilei: astronomy, math, and all the tools we need.
Summary:
"In The Renaissance Inventors with History Projects for Kids, readers 10 through 15 explore the period of European history from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries while focusing on the biographies of five inventors from that time and the creations they brought to the world. The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Leon Battista Alberti, Johannes Gutenberg, and Gerardus Mercator are brought to life as kids discover the challenges these men faced and the discoveries they made using their critical and creative thinking skills combined with their passion for science and engineering."-- Amazon.com.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.