inventions

Cover title: The Usborne illustrated handbook of invention & discovery. An illustrated history describing the most important inventions and discoveries from the Stone Age to the Space Age.

Learning options to use with gifted and talented youth.

Contains excerpts from primary source documents, as well as commentary from the editor, that provide information about many of the masterminds of the Age of Technology, including Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and others.

Teaches young readers about the history behind everyday inventions that make life easier, discussing how they were first created and the influence they have had on mankind.

Describes the one hundred greatest discoveries, inventions, and concepts created by humankind, from the creation of the spirit world in prehistoric cave paintings to the development of the World Wide Web.

Chronologically arranged entries recount the stories of eleven of the most influential inventions of the modern world, describing how they were created, who invented them, and what impact they have had on world history and civilization.

Provides information about great scientists and their contributions to philosophy, invention, and engineering. Includes essential facts and intriguing details.

Profiles more than fifty American innovators from John Fitch, the inventor of the steamboat, to Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the creators of Google, chronicling the development of their inventions and describing their impact on American history and the world.