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Inventions : a visual encyclopedia / written by John Farndon [and 4 others].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : DK Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First American editionDescription: 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781465458384 :
  • 1465458387 :
Other title:
  • At head of title : Smithsonian
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Early breakthroughs -- Making the modern world -- Get moving -- Communication -- At home -- In good health -- Space.
Summary: Packed with fascinating facts and awesome pictures, this book explores the greatest inventions and inventors through the ages.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 609 F235 Available 33111008902427
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 609 F235 Available 33111009219094
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 609 F235 Available 33111008207413
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Discover the amazing inventions throughout history that have shaped the world as we know it.

This stunning visual guide explores and explains the greatest inventions, ideas, and discoveries throughout the ages, and introduces their inventors. From fire, stone tools, and the wheel to ploughs and paper, discover the first inventions 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 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 Visual Encyclopedia reveals the stories behind the crucial and quirky contraptions - products of the world's most brilliant minds.

Includes index.

Early breakthroughs -- Making the modern world -- Get moving -- Communication -- At home -- In good health -- Space.

Packed with fascinating facts and awesome pictures, this book explores the greatest inventions and inventors through the ages.

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