Title:
Machines and inventions
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Humans are clever creatures. For thousands of years they have found ways to make life easier, from lighting fires to building robots. This book explores some of the most ingenious devices that the human mind has created. Includes special acetate pages.
Year Published:
2008-2009
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Note:
Publisher listed on cover as: Scholastic.
Includes index.
Contents:
What are machines and inventions? -- What were the very first inventions? -- When was the wheel invented? -- Who invented measurement? -- What were the first forms of defense? -- How did people keep clean? -- Who first used writing? -- Who first harnessed the power of nature? -- When did we start to travel fast? -- What's the fastest thing on wheels? -- How did modern medicine start? -- Who invented modern communications? -- What will they think of next?
ISBN:
9780531240274
Publisher:
New York : Childrens Press, 2009, c2008.
