عنوان

Ideas that changed the world /

0756665310

0756670772 (pbk.)

9780756665319

9780756670771 (pbk.)

b525824

Ideas that changed the world /

[Book]

authors, Julie Ferris [et al.]

New York :

DK,

2010

256 p. :

ill. (some col.), col. map ;

29 cm

Includes index

Lightbulb -- Antibiotics -- Penicillin -- Vaccination -- Microscope -- X-ray -- DNA -- Watson and Crick -- Radioactivity -- Tin can -- Portland cement -- Hoover Dam -- Pet bottles -- Stainless steel -- Telegraph -- Who invented the telephone? -- World Wide Web -- Laser -- LCD -- Nylon -- Wallace Carothers -- Dynamite -- Engine -- Elevators -- Elisha Otis -- Refrigerator -- WInd turbine -- Electric motor -- The father of electricity -- Spinning jenny -- Robots -- Robots in our world -- Pendulum clock -- The master of time -- Crane -- Printing press -- Flushing toilet -- Television -- From script to screen -- Solar cell -- Clean energy -- Battery -- Microprocessor -- From valves to microprocessors -- Apple computer -- Wozniak and jobs -- Microwave -- The first microwave -- Digital camera -- Glasses -- Radio -- Marconi -- Money -- Credit card -- Cash register -- James Ritty -- Bar code -- Stapler -- Stamp -- Post-its -- Velcro -- Zipper -- Cell phone -- Going mobile -- Wheel -- Ford model T -- Ford's model factory -- Sailing ship -- Submarine -- Jet plane -- Helicopter -- Steam Locomotive -- Full steam ahead -- Bicycle -- Cat's eye -- Percy Shaw -- Electric car -- Metro -- London underground -- Saturn V -- Hubble -- Hubble in action -- Compass -- Mars rovers -- GPS -- Cassini -- Spacesuit -- Space helmet -- Submersible -- Scuba -- Jacques Cousteau -- Fiber-optic endoscope -- MRI -- Ballpoint pen -- Umbrella -- LEGO brick -- Play well -- Walkman -- Skateboard -- Newspaper -- Jeans -- Levi Strauss -- Kinetoscope -- What is 3-D? -- Video games -- Sunglasses -- Electric guitar -- Sports shoes -- Soccer

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An in-depth reference guide to technological developments that changed the world describes each invention and explores its place in history and how it influenced civilization, discussing inventions from the wheel to computers

Incredible inventions and the stories behind them

Inventions-- History

Inventions-- History, Juvenile literature

Technology-- History

Technology-- History, Juvenile literature

Ferris, Julie

DK Publishing, Inc

20140604125437.0

[Book]

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