Machines and inventions
Titre:
Machines and inventions
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Sommaire:
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.
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2008-2009
SERIES_EPSB:
Description matérielle:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Note générale:
Publisher listed on cover as: Scholastic.
Includes index.
Table des matières:
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?
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780531240274
Informations de publication:
New York : Childrens Press, 2009, c2008.
