A look at key inventions that have shaped the way we live. It investigates inventions in the area of transport, and follows the development and progression of items within this area. It also discusses life before the inventions, their impact, key players, and their mistakes and successes. There are biography boxes of key people, "bad" inventions boxes for particularly disastrous inventions that didn't work, key date charts and "how it works" diagrams.

 

This book is part of a book series called Great Inventions .

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Paul Dowswell trained as a historian and teacher. He is now a freelance writer and editor.