A very detailed and informative photo-filled book on inventions. They include: the wheel, metalworking, weights, pens and inks, lighting, timekeeping, optical inventions, photography, batteries, radio, plastics, the silicon chip, etc.
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Invention (Eyewitness Books)
Invention - Eyewitness Books
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Full-color photos. The evolution of human civilization is traced through the tools people have devised to shape and improve the world--from the simple abacus to timekeeping items, telephones, and complex silicon chips.
Author:
Full-color photos. The evolution of human civilization is traced through the tools people have devised to shape and improve the world--from the simple abacus to timekeeping items, telephones, and complex silicon chips.
ISBN-13: 9780679807827
ISBN-10: 0679807829
Publication Date: 3/20/1991
Pages: 64
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating: 2
ISBN-10: 0679807829
Publication Date: 3/20/1991
Pages: 64
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating: 2
3.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Genres:
- Children's Books >> Ages 9-12 >> General
- Children's Books >> Science, Nature & How It Works >> Fiction
- Children's Books >> Series >> Nonfiction >> Eyewitness Books
