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Reviewed on April 1, 2011 | Series Made Simple
Gr 6–8—Like the "How They Made Things Work!" series above, this one tackles innovations from ancient cultures, but here they are grouped together by type rather than by area or period. At first, this approach seems clever and useful, and it works well in Medical Technology. But in other cases, the inventions overlap to the degree that the books either refer to one another—and depend on the information in other titles—or they repeat themselves. This is particularly true in the introductions to each b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More