Bibliograph

Incredible inventions, from the wheel to spacecraft and much much more ..., by Matt Turner ; illustrated by Sarah Conner

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Incredible inventions, from the wheel to spacecraft and much much more ..., by Matt Turner ; illustrated by Sarah Conner

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

5-12 years

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Incredible inventions

Responsibility statement

by Matt Turner ; illustrated by Sarah Conner

Series statement

Incredible inventions

Sub title

from the wheel to spacecraft and much much more ...

Summary

Take a lively, sweeping look at some of the most important light-bulb moments in the development of inventions. Find out how one idea often led to another, and revealed something new and exciting about our world. How ancient lighthouses led to 3D movies and 5,000 year old writing led eventually to the internet, roman watermills to flushing toilets and dug-out canoes to space exploration. Take this amazing journey and discover... why moviegoers found Cinerama so exciting they screamed; Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer and other great female inventors; which code took 267 years to crack; fizzy drinks were sold as brain tonics ...all this and so much more, packed into a trail of discovery with brilliant writing and humorous illustrations. We haven't forgotten the daft ideas either (spectacles for horses, why not?) and wayward predictions - um, the end of the Internet was going to happen in 1996... (the guy ate his words, literally). It is all really fascinating stuff!

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor