Inventions : a children's encyclopedia

By - Farndon, John

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, 2018

ISBN 10 - 0241317827

ISBN 13 - 9780241317822

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Inventions

Shelf No - 9

Call Number - 030 FAR

Physical Description - 304 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes - Includes Index

Book Information

This stunning visual guide explores and explains the greatest inventions, ideas, and discoveries throughout the ages, and introduces their inventors. Discover the first inventions, from fire, stone tools, and the wheel to ploughs and paper, that shaped societies and grew mighty civilizations and empires such as those in ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and ancient China. In the centuries that followed, "Eureka" moments abounded, with James Watt's steam engine during the Industrial Revolution, Henry Ford's car assembly line at the start of the 20th century, the Wright brothers' flying machines, Thomas Edison's light bulb, John Logie Baird's television, and so much more. Read about more recent, era-defining moments during the Digital Revolution, such as the first website developed by Tim Berners-Lee, and the growth in the use of robotics in industry and at home. Inventions A Children's Encyclopediareveals the stories behind crucial and quirky contraptions, products of the world's most brilliant minds.

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