Product Description

When was the wheel first used? Who were the bright sparks who thought of the lightbulb? And what connects a teapot to a speeding train? Find all about the key inventions that changed the world (and led to almost everything else that?s been invented!). Fantastic fold out pages reveal the who, what, when, where and why of each invention and explain how it transformed the way we live. The illustrations in this book are fantastic and you'll be amazed at the details!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #303542 in Books
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Published on: 2006-09-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

Review
"This is the sort of innovative book DK is renowned for...It is cleverly done, with imaginative fold-outs and time-lines, as well as a huge amount of information packed into 64 pages." Publishing News 02/06/06

About the Author
Illustrated by Lisa Sterling and Ralph Lazar, the husband and wife team who established LastLemon Productions in 1999, which originates, produces and licenses cartoon properties, including Harold's Planet and Vimrod.

Customer Reviews

A great little book packed with facts.
I bought this book for my son's seventh birthday and he has gone back to it over and over again. Written and illustrated in an easy to understand and humourous style, it covers nearly every major invention of modern times (plus a few not so major ones - a motorised noodle fork, for example?!). I highly recommend this book to anyone whose child, like mine, has an inquisitive mind and a thirst for knowledge, and who loves non-fiction books just as much as the more conventionally loved fairy stories.

great book!!!!
would recommend this book for any child who's curious about everything, brilliant illustrations with tiny drawings which draw you in. Buy it today!