100 Ideas that Changed the World by Jheni Osman

100 Ideas that Changed the World by Jheni Osman

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100 Ideas that Changed the World by Jheni Osman

Every once in a while, an idea comes along that makes the entire world sit up and take notice. In this book, former "BBC Focus" magazine editor explores 100 of the most forward thinking, far-reaching and downright inspired ideas and inventions in history, each nominated by experts from all fields of science and engineering.

As the former editor of the BBC's award-winning science and technology magazine, Focus, Jheni Osman was nominated for the BSME Editor of the Year 2010 and won the PTC New Editor of the Year 2008. She launched the Focus app and presented the podcast and FocusTV. With a background in Natural Sciences, and a masters from Imperial College London, Jheni has written for numerous publications including Focus, Lonely Planet and Countryfile magazines, and worked for a TV news agency in Istanbul and in TV production at the BBC's Natural History Unit.

A former professional tennis player who toured the world and played at Wimbledon, Jheni loves to travel and says her best experiences in life have been climbing Mont Blanc and swimming with a whale shark.

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ISBN 13 9781849901963
ISBN 10 1849901961
Title 100 Ideas that Changed the World
Author Jheni Osman
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Year published 2011-09-01
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.