This guide starts with the earliest humans and the first tools, moving through the ages and ending up with the high-powered technology in use today. Along the way, young readers trace the development of items people now take for granted, such as medicine, computers and architecture. The "Your World Explained" series presents diverse subjects in an interactive manner that explains to young minds the way things work in the world. Everyday analogies are used where possible to untangle complex ideas so that each subject is made relevant and approachable. Richard Platt is the author of "Eyewitness Pirate", which won the Waterstone's Children's Book of the Month for May 1995.

 

This book is part of a book series called Your World Explained .

There are 70 pages in this book. This is a guide book. This book was published 1997 by Marshall Editions .

Richard Platt is a renowned non-fiction writer, whose previous titles include Pirate Diary which won the 2002 Kate Greenaway Medal. To visit Richard's website click here