Great Inventions That Shaped the World
Published on 29. August 2003
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7548-1265-4 (ISBN)
Description
Inventions have revolutionized our everyday lives in many ways; this encyclopaedia looks at the different types of human inventions, from the earliest energy-saving devices through to the Internet and biotechnology. Find out how buildings are constructed, when the earliest computer was built and the mechanisms that make cameras work. Easy-to-do projects such as making an electric motor, constructing a waterwheel and making your very own vacuum cleaner help you to understand the principles that lie behind many inventions and demonstrate how they work.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Anness Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
800 colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
717 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7548-1265-4 (9780754812654)
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Persons
Peter Harrison started as a painter at Glasgow School of Art before taking up a carer in publishing. He is the author of two children's information books on famous painters and is currently a freelance writer and editor. Chris Oxlade has worked as a writer and editor, generally in the field of science and technology, but also in the subject area of sports and hobbies. Stephen Bennington over the years, as well as continuing a career in artwork, he branched into fashion design, especially knitwear, and has worked both in Europe and America. He now combines a love of art and fashion with his new found skills in computing.