From Rocks to Rockets Author:Solveig Paulson Russell From Rocks to Rockets tells the story of the development of simple tools and simple concepts of physics from prehistoric man to the present. It seeks to show that man's growth in intellect and invention was a slow process, one in which understanding and use of available materials depended upon previously learned experience and upon observation a... more »nd discovery.
Beginning with the first use of rocks as weapons and tools, the book takes the boys and girls through the successive stages of man's conquest of his environment, including the lever, the inclined plane, the wedge, early farming, use of animals for moving things, drags, sleds, the wheel and its improvements, use of metal and wheeled vehicles, to engines and rockets.« less