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Describes the development of one hundred world-changing inventions, including rockets, the internet, refrigerators, blue jeans, light bulbs, and antibiotics.New
128 pages / color illustrations / 28 cm
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Introduces the discoveries and inventions of ancient Egypt, including locks, lighthouses, mathematical discoveries, and the writing they used.
What do you think are the most important inventions? -- Back cover
Do you talk to your friends on the telephone? Learn who invented the telephone and how. -- Back cover
John R. Matthews | London; New York; Camberra : Franklin Watts | Inventions that shaped the world | 2005; Grades 5-8 ; Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 ; Electric lighting ; Inventions -- HistoryInventions That Shaped the World introduces young readers to revolutionary inventions, and emphasizes the impact the inventions had upon life at the time of their creation and beyond. Also explored is the featured invention's cultural significan[...]
Conoce las brillantes ideas de algunos de los inventores que cambiaron el mundo como: Thomas Edison y la bombilla, George Stephenson y la locomotora, John Logie Baird y la televisión.
Descubre en este libro cómo y por qué nacieron algunas de las primeras grandes ideas del hombre: los relojes, los carros de combate, las grúas, los molinos de viento, las tintas, la imprenta, las carretillas, las carreteras, las monturas del[...]
Historia. National Geographic, 106 - October 2012 - Petra : El reino delas caravanas del desierto
2012; Grades 8-12 ; History -- Periodicals ; Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) ; Petra (Extinct city) ; Pharaohs ; Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. ; Discoveries in geography ; Inventions -- History ; Armada, 1588In this issue of Historia National Geographic, explore the fascinating stories of Benjamin Franklin, a renowned inventor and political figure of his time, and the end of the Moche civilization in ancient Peru. Travel back in time to the harrowin[...]
From toilets, bread and blue jeans to aeroplanes, microwaves and computers, this title explains how, when and why the ingenious inventions that surround us were created. The development of one invention is detailed over each double page, reveali[...]
Describes the history behind such inventions as toilets, telephones, frozen food, soccer nets, and safety razors.
