| Edition |
First Carroll and Graf edition. |
| Description |
188 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 30 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : man's need to invent -- The human drive to create and improve -- ch. 1. 2.6 million BC to AD1 -- The first sparks of genius -- How technology made civilisation possible -- ch. 2. AD1 to 1649 -- Looking at new horizons -- Spreading knowledge and shrinking the globe -- ch. 3. 1650 to 1829 -- The age of industrial power -- Harnessing steam brings a new way of life -- ch. 4. 1830 to 1899 -- Electricity on the move -- The story of light, sound and motion -- ch. 5. 1900 to 1944 -- Journey into the atomic age -- Two world wars force the pace of change -- ch. 6. 1945 to 2000 -- Reinventing the world -- Living with the chip and the gene. |
| Subject |
Inventions -- History.
|
| Added Author |
Uhlig, Robert.
|
| ISBN |
0786709030 |
|
9780786709038 |
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