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“. . .This appealing package will attract browsers and be a boon to student researchers and their teachers.”
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“The tone is conversational and provokes curiosity over fact mastery and passive consumption. A conscientious examination of the subject that encourages critical thinking, application, and broad perspective.”
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Detailed Book Description
Who were the scientists and philosophers of the Renaissance?
The Renaissance Thinkers: With History Projects for Kids introduces readers ages 10 through 15 to the biographies of five of the most influential scientists and philosophers of the Renaissance era, including Filippo Brunelleschi, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Thomas More, and Francis Bacon. All of these men made huge leaps in philosophical and scientific thought and introduced concepts to the world that have resonated for centuries!
Hands-on STEAM projects that use the scientific method or engineering design process, fun facts, primary source illustrations, and links to online resources encourage kids to think critically and creatively about the political and social forces at work in their own lives, while deepening their understanding of a crucial time period. Even without a time machine, learners can experience the Renaissance!
The Renaissance Thinkers is one of a set of four books in the Renaissance for Kids series. Other titles in the series are The Renaissance Inventors, The Renaissance Artists, and The Renaissance Explorers.
Try these STEAM projects from the world of the Renaissance!
- Draw with linear perspective
- Build a structurally supportive arch
- Create your own Utopia
| Hardcover, $22.95 9781619306929 |
Paperback, $14.95 9781619306943 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
What Is the Renaissance?
Chapter 1
Filippo Brunelleschi The Goldsmith-Architect-Engineer
Chapter 2
Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince of Politics
Chapter 3
Nicolaus Copernicus Revolving Around the Sun
Chapter 4
Thomas More Real Politics and an Imaginary World
Chapter 5
Francis Bacon The Father of Science
Glossary
Resources
Index