Inventions inventors and ingenious ideas Author:peter turvey How did dragons predict earthquakes? Was the fax machine invented in the 1920's? What is a biochip? Could cars be powered by the sun? And whose bright idea was the light bulb? Inventions, inventors and Ingenious Ideas answers all these questions and more. This book traces the story of inventions from the making of fire to microprocessors and bey... more »ond to the space stations of the future.« less