Inventors : incredible stories of the world's most ingenious inventions
Winston, Robert M. L.2020
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Step into Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, relax on board Hideo Shima's speedy bullet train, and join movie star Hedy Lamarr to bounce ideas around in between takes. 'Inventors' looks at the towering achievements of more than 50 inventors in great detail. The stories are as unusual as they are unique. From Mr. Kellogg, who accidentally created cornflakes after leaving grains boiling for too long, to the ancient Turkish polymath Ismail al-Jazari, who decided the best way to power a clock was with a model elephant, to Sarah E. Goode's fold-up bed space-saving solution, the inventors of this book have all used tons of creativity to find ways to improve our world.
Main title:
Inventors : incredible stories of the world's most ingenious inventions / written by Robert Winston ; illustrated by Jessamy Hawke.
Author:
Winston, Robert M. L., authorHawke, Jessamy, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020.
Collation:
144 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780241412466 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1174967