Science and Technology
Auteur: Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield
Nombre de pages: 161 pages
ISBN: 0816069735, 9780816069736
Edition: Infobase Publishing
Date de publication: Infobase Publishing
Description: Science and Technology shows how American Indians developed science and created technology by observing the world around them. The people of Mesoamerica invented the zero, created accurate calendars, and developed writing systems. Native peoples used chemical processes to make chocolate and pottery, devised number systems, and predicted the movements of the stars and planets. Today a number of American Indians are entering careers as scientists, doctors, and engineers, carrying a rich heritage of curiosity, observation, and invention forward into the future.