50 Things You Should Know About Inventions - Softcover

Gifford, Clive

 
9781784935610: 50 Things You Should Know About Inventions

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Every aspect of modern life has been  shaped by the ideas of ingenious inventors,  many of them tinkering away in small  workshops or even their garden sheds.  Packed with facts and figures, discover  the masterminds behind some of the  world's most incredible inventions.

In the ancient world, philosopher Archimedes  designed new machines for farming.

During  the Renaissance, artist Leonardo da Vinci  sketched his ideas for wondrous flying  machines. Scientist James Watt provided  ideas that would power the Industrial  Revolution, while American inventor  Thomas Edison patented more than 1000
inventions that would shape modern life,  including the movie camera and the  electric light bulb. Today's inventors still  explore ideas for new and clever technology,  producing miniature machines that we can  only see under a microscope. Step inside the  world of invention and see where it might  take us next...

 

 

 

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Clive Gifford has travelled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colours of History (QED). Clive lives in Manchester, UK.

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ISBN 10:  1682970205 ISBN 13:  9781682970201
Verlag: words & pictures, 2016
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