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About 180 inventions are described in chronological order, with an emphasis on how the invention developed, what problem they were designed to solve and their significance to contemporaries - and to subsequent events. Headings give the name and date of the invention and inventor. Subjects include writing, the watch, the rifle, the vacuum cleaner, the electronic computer and the contraceptive pill. Everything is grouped under various sections from the ancient world, the enlightened world and the modern world amongst others.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139780708807866
eBay Product ID (ePID)87246248
Product Key Features
SubjectWriting & Reading, Evolution
Publication Year2007
Number of Pages576 Pages
Publication NameInventions That Changed the World
LanguageEnglish
TypeReference
AuthorRodney Castleden
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRodney Castleden