A compendium of the great and transformative inventors and inventions throughout history, Inventors and Inventions provides an overview of key technologies and products and delves into the story behind some of the most profound inventions that have shaped our lives today. This beautiful and engaging book explores inventions throughout history, covering everything from the wheel and Archimedes Screw to the Dual-Cyclone Vacuum cleaner and the ipod. With chapters on Computers, Entertainment, Design, Medicine, Warfare, Sports and Transportation, amongst others, every important technological category is covered. Inventors and Inventions delves into well-known and everyday inventions, many of which we take for granted, to explore their origins and the context behind their creation. Amongst the profiles of inventors will be Archimedes, Al Jazari, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Louis Daguerre, Trevor Bayliss, Thomas Edison, The Wright Brothers, Marie Curie, Tim Berners-Lee, John Logie Baird, James Dyson, Phillipe Starck and many others.
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Richard Fisher is the News Editor of New Scientist. He has written extensively for technology magazine The Engineer.
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Hardback. Black Dog Publishing, Black Dog Press. Inventors and Inventions takes a refreshing look into the fascinating history of inventors and inventions. With encyclopaedic breadth, the book follows a diverse list of inventions from their earliest manifestations through to their most current incarnations, whilst also revealing how some of today's greatest inventions came about by accident or chance. From the arcane beginnings of the frisbee, to the role of Muybridge's eccentric moving-picture photography in the development of cinema, Inventors and Inventions considers how and why these inventions came about, who was responsible for them and what their subsequent impact has been. Often overlooked inventors are also discussed, giving them their rightful place amongst the celebrated minds from the past; while controversies regarding attribution are exposed and explored. Inventors and Inventions is an engaging and thought-provoking book sure to delight and educate readers of all ages. Hardback. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781906155674
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