A look at key inventions that have shaped the way we live. It investigates inventions in the area of science, 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 2002 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Brian Williams is an editor and the author of many childrens books. He is the coauthor of "Amazing Animal Families. "