Inventions
- ISBN-10
- 1409532720
- ISBN-13
- 9781409532729
- Series
- Inventions
- Category
- Board books
- Pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Usborne Books
- Author
- Alex Frith
Description
This title tells the wonderful, mysterious and often funny stories behind famous inventions. Flaps reveal lovingly detailed artwork to show the hidden workings inside inventions and carefully researched text explains the differences between discovery, invention and innovation, and how these three aspects unite.
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