The Story of Inventions
- ISBN-10
- 1409555550
- ISBN-13
- 9781409555551
- Series
- The Story of Inventions
- Category
- Inventions
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Usborne Books
- Author
- Anna Claybourne
Description
Covering such diverse subjects as toilets, bread, Braille, parachutes and jeans, this title explains how, when and why the ingenious inventions which surround us were created, from simple spectacles to complex computers.
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