How nearly everything was invented
MacLeod, Jilly2008
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When was the wheel first used? Who were the bright sparks that thought of the light bulb? And what connects a teapot to a 400 kph train? This work features fold-out pages which reveal the who, what, when, where and why of each invention and explain the way it transformed the way we live.
Main title:
How nearly everything was invented / by the Brainwaves ; written by Jilly MacLeod ; illustrated by Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar.
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley, 2008.
Collation:
61 p., (48 folded) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2006.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781405329781 (pbk)1405329785 (pbk)
Dewey class:
609J608J609608
Local class:
609
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
ArchimedesCharles BabbageAlbert EinsteinGalileoIsaac Newton
BRN:
917627
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