How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves
How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves
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Summary
Brainwaves are little mischief makers with big ideas. They tell you about key inventions, the breakthroughs that lead to them and answers to questions like - When was the wheel first used? This book reveals the who, what, when, where and why of various inventions and explains the way it transformed the way we live.
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How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves by Lisa Swerling
A brilliant book bursting with big ideas Meet the Brainwaves, hilarious little mischief makers with big ideas. Pint-sized pals who’ll show you around and tell you all about key inventions, the breakthroughs that lead to them and spectacular spin offs which followed… When was the wheel first used? Who were the bright sparks that thought of the light bulb? And what connects a teapot to a 400 kph train? Find out all about more than 300 key inventions that changed the world (and lead to almost everything else that’s ever been invented). Fantastic fold-out pages reveal the who, what, when, where and why of each invention and explain the way it transformed the way we live.
"This is the sort of innovative book DK is renowned for..It is cleverly done, with imaginative fold-outs and time-lines, as well as a huge amount of information packed into 64 pages." Publishing News 02/06/06
Illustrated by Lisa Sterling and Ralph Lazar, the husband and wife team who established LastLemon Productions in 1999, which originates, produces and licenses cartoon properties, including Harold's Planet and Vimrod.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781405313292 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405313293 |
| Title | How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves |
| Author | Lisa Swerling |
| Series | Brainwaves |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Prizes | Winner of Aventis General Prize for Science Books 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |