Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference - Couverture rigide

Pilcher, Helen

 
9781787397873: Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference
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ISBN 10 : 1787397874 ISBN 13 : 9781787397873
Editeur : Welbeck, 2021

Synopsis

Pockets, matches, spectacles, postage stamps.

Whether it's the stitches that hold our clothes together or the syringes that deliver life-saving vaccines, small things really do make a big difference. Yet these modest but essential components of everyday life are often overlooked.

Science and comedy writer Helen Pilcher shares the unexpected stories of 50 humble innovations - from the accidental soldering of two bits of metal that created the pacemaker, to the eighteenth-century sea captain whose ingenious invention paved the way for the filming of Star Wars - and celebrates the joy of the small yet mighty.

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À propos de l'auteur

Helen Pilcher is a tea-drinking, biscuit-nibbling science and comedy writer with a PhD in Neuroscience. Her recent popular science book, Life Changing - How Humans are Altering Life on Earth, was shortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation. Her debut book, Bring Back the King: the New Science of De-extinction, was selected as a BBC Radio 2 Fact Not Fiction Book Choice. It was described by comedian Sara Pascoe as "science at its funniest".


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Éditeur
Welbeck
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1787397874
ISBN 13 
9781787397873
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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