DK Eyewitness Guides: Invention

by Lionel Bender (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.28

  The Eyewitness series is a collectable visual encyclopedia of childrens' reference books. Illustrations throughout - including photography - bring each object vividly to life to provide an eyewitness view of the natural world. Coverage of each subject provides a collection of knowledge and offers an exciting, fresh approach to the wonders and workings of the world around us. This book provides an informative look at the world's most outstanding inventions. Highlights inventions from the simplest flint tools to today's sophisticated electronic devices. Concentrates on the most important inventions - the ones that have influenced contemporary life.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.43

  Why was the invention of the wheel so important? Who invented the flushing toilet? This guide will get your brain buzzing with the full range of different human inventions that have helped to shape the world we live in today, from the earliest primitive tools to advanced plastic fibres.