Invention / written by Lionel Bender.
Material type: TextSeries: DK eyewitness booksPublication details: New York : DK Pub., 2013.Edition: Rev. ed., American edDescription: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1465409025
- 9781465409027
- Eyewitness invention
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 609 B458 | Checked out | 05/30/2024 | 33111007148618 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the versatile wheel to the tiny and powerful computer chip, discover the most ingenious, world-changing inventions ever.
Enter the world of innovation and technology with Eyewitness Invention . Learn the story behind certain inventors and how an invention shapes up from a mere idea to a widely used household item.
From the first writing utensils and timekeeping devices to mechanized vehicles and controlled flight, this lively, educational book is the best way to introduce young minds to the most important innovations that have shaped human history. Packed with hundreds of images showing primitive tools to modern-day machines, Eyewitness Invention is loaded with information. The reference section at the end provides even more amazing facts.
Full of fun facts, this book is made for kids and is perfect for school and homework projects.
At head of title: Eyewitness.
Includes index.
What is an invention? -- The story of an invention -- Tools -- The wheel -- Metalworking -- Weights and measures -- Pen and ink -- Lighting -- Timekeeping -- Harnessing power -- Printing -- Optical inventions -- Calculating -- The steam engine -- Navigation and surveying -- Spinning and weaving -- Batteries -- Photography -- Medical inventions -- The telephone -- Recording -- The internal combustion engine -- Movies -- Radio -- Inventions in the home -- The cathode ray tube -- Flight -- Plastics -- The silicon chip -- Did you know? -- Timeline of inventions -- Find out more.
Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.