Imagine the unimaginable: a world without computers, cars, telephones or aeroplanes. Have you ever wondered how such things were invented?

From steam trains to underground tube trains, and parachutes to concorde, this book looks at the evolution of inventions which have made the world what it is today.

This book is part of a book series called Wow Series .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Pan Macmillan .

Over two metres in height, with a bushy beard, Philip Ardagh is a full-time writer and lives with his wife and two cats in a seaside town somewhere in England.