In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?
A miscellany of incredible information visualised by the brilliant Studio Muti. The fourth in the visually stunning Infographics series, which shows how interesting and humorous scientific information can be. Complex facts about technology are visualised as stylish information graphics, which astonish, amuse and inform in turn. Researched by the Guardian's Datablog expert, Simon Rogers. Section…
Air-conditioner, cellphones, guitars, cars, camera, washing machine etc., are items used by everyone around the world on a daily basis. Yet how many know what makes these devices function? Presenting "How it works", a collection of items, gadgets and tools with a detailed analysis on their origin, their use and of course, how they work.
Embark on a fascinating journey through the inventions and discoveries that have changed the world we live in. Fully illustrated with archival photographs spanning nearly 200 years, this book covers the technological breakthroughs that have transformed transport, communications, medicine, information technology and daily life in general. From the combine harvester to the credit card, light bulb…
Learn All About Inventions! From quills to computers, light bulbs and airplanes and more, Little Genius Inventions is the perfect first inventions book for little learners with big imaginations.
Toasters, toilets and televisions, computers, cars and chocolate bars, flying machines and even your jeans. All these everyday things and many more are only here because someone bothered to invent them. This book reveals the real-life stories and bright sparks behind dozens of brilliant inventions.
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tone choppers, eyed needles, camel saddles, chariots, and contraceptives: the past is paved with remarkable inventions. The latest book in this popular series takes us on an eye-opening and unusual journey through early human innovationssome fundamental and others intriguing or bizarre. An international team of scientists, archaeologists, and historians reveals seventy of the most extraordinary…