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Title: Science in Ancient Mesopotamia by Carol Moss ISBN: 0-531-15930-2 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2 (2 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: The editorial review of this series from School Library Journal is wrong. The new editions of these books do not "expand greatly" on the original 1988 editions; they greatly contract. The 1988 edition of the books on Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia had eight chapters and 92 pages. This new edition gives them only only six chapters and 64 pages, and the word count per page is reduced. Indeed color pictures and illustrations were added and the glossary expanded, but the text is reduced to about two thirds of the original. Students are better off reading the original editions in the Watts "First Book" series.

Rating: 2
Summary: Pretty pictures, but not much text
Comment: This book is part of the Science of the Past series. This book examines the Mesopotamians' knowledge of medicine, mathematics, astronomy and metallurgy. It concludes with a glossary, and a list of Internet sites.

This book is very short indeed, the main body being a mere 40 pages long, including some pages that are mostly taken up by pictures, but excluding the glossary and so forth. The pictures are excellent, and the information seems to be correct. However, this book is rather too short to provide much information. Overall, I do not recommend this book.

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