Yesterday & today

Traces the history and development of weaponry from ancient throwing sticks, bows and arrows, and spears to the introduction of bronze and iron swords, chain-mail and armor, and siege machines and concludes with twentieth and twenty-first century nuclear and biological weapons.

Examines developments in the history of written communication, discussing prehistoric cave drawings, the invention of the alphabet, the creation of the printing press, early libraries, written communication for the blind, computers, and other topics.

Examines the history of communication including the telegraph, satellites, and the Internet and describes how advances in science and technology have improved it over the years.

Presents a study of the way homes have been constructed from prehistory through the twentieth-century and shows how people lived in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China, castles of the Middle Ages, the American frontier,and tenement houses of the big cities.

Presents the history and development of thousands of years of transportation from the invention of the wheel in 3500 BC, early travel by sea and rail, pioneers in aviation, as well as space travel in the jet age.

Traces the history of trade and commerce, and looks at how advances in technology and science have affected the way business is conducted around the world.