| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
112 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The ancient world (before 3500 B.C.) -- The hand ax -- The spear -- Art -- Farming -- Cities -- Clothing -- Pottery -- Rafts, dugouts, and boats -- The axle -- 2. The metal age (3500 B.C.-A.D. 1) -- Writing -- Mathematics -- Measurement -- Money -- Metallurgy and smelting -- Irrigation -- Waterwheels -- Maps -- 3. The age of discovery (A.D. 1-1799) -- Papermaking -- Printing and bookmaking -- The clock -- Black powder and the chemical revolution -- The magnetic compass -- The microscope -- The telescope -- The steam engine -- 4. The age of electricity and communication: (1799-1887) -- The battery -- Anesthesia -- Photography -- The electric motor -- The telegraph -- Chemical fertilizers -- The internal combustion engine -- Antiseptics -- Plastics -- The phonograph -- The incandescent bulb -- 5. The age of the atom: (1887-present) -- Radio broadcasting -- The X ray -- The airplane -- The rocket -- Antibiotics -- The nuclear reactor -- The computer -- Transistors and IC chips -- The laser. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.7 4.0 69993. |
| Subject |
Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Inventions -- History.
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| Added Author |
Stuckenschneider, Dan, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0590681443 |
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