inventions

Details ten innovations from the twenty-first century, including the artificial heart, wireless technology, and the bionic knee.

Profiles ten inventions which were created by mishap, including chocolate chip cookies, microwave oven, safety glass, dynamite, and others.

Presents an illustrated discussion of the ten most revolutionary inventions in the world, including the bow and arrow, lenses, the steam engine, pasteurization, the printing press, electricity, television, the alphabet, the personal computer, and the wheel.

Looks at the history of sewing and how it was transformed in the 1850s when an American inventor, Isaac Singer, not only invented a practical sewing machine, but also a way for everyone to afford one.

Presents over 600 entries describing inventions and scientific discoveries and the people responsible for them.

Discusses how a telephone works and the history of its development.

Describes inventions that have shaped our world from ancient times to the present.

Describes some of the inventions and discoveries that have transformed the fields of entertainment, transportation, communication, and medicine, and includes illustrations and color photographs.

Profiles eleven women through history whose inventions changed the face of the world, from Madam C.J. Walker's hair product industry to Stephanie Kwolek's Kevlar and Hedy Lamarr's breakthroughs in wireless communication.

Presents a comprehensive look into the world of technology explaining where many of these inventions came from and how they work, and features such things as the iPods, neon lights, digital cameras, how fireworks explode, and much more.