The Book of Inventions
By Richard Platt.
Description
Starting in prehistory and moving through to the present day, the book charts the entire history of human ingenuity, from the first primitive tools to the latest space telescope. More than 500 inventions are featured both chronologically and thematically - each double-page spread is divided up vertically into time columns and horizontally into bands grouping inventions from daily life, travel and conquest, counting and communication, and agriculture and industry. The text combines with photographs - many of original and authentic objects - to bring each invention to life. Children can disco...
ISBN(s)
0207179875, 9780207179877
