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The Greatest Inventions in History
The Ideas That Changed How Humans Live
Verlag:
PublishDrive Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35295264
EAN: 9798901949610
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Do, 26.11.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 39.75
Beschreibung
What connects the first stone tools to smartphones, steam engines, aeroplanes and modern medicine. Every great invention is part of a much larger human story. The Greatest Inventions in History. takes young readers on an exciting journey through the ideas that transformed civilisation. Discover how early humans mastered tools and fire, how farming and writing changed society, why the wheel became far more than a way to travel, and how printing allowed knowledge to reach millions. Follow the development of clocks, compasses, sanitation, engines, factories and electricity. Learn how vaccines, antibiotics and medical imaging helped save lives; how cars and aeroplanes reshaped movement; and how photography, recorded sound, telecommunications and computers created the connected world of today. Along the way, the book challenges familiar myths about lone geniuses and sudden breakthroughs. Inventions usually emerge through teamwork, experiments, failures and improvements made across different cultures and generations. Their consequences can also be complicated: the same technology may solve an urgent problem while creating new dangers, inequalities or environmental costs. Written in clear and engaging language for readers aged 9-13, this richly detailed book explains not only what people invented, but how the inventions worked, why they mattered and how they changed everyday life. From sharpened stone to digital information, this is the extraordinary story of how human curiosity, cooperation and imagination built the modern world.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Etienne Psaila
- Ai
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 318