Product Description

A treasure-trove of information on the origins of everything - from music to mobile phones. Everything has an origin. This book if for people who want to know how, or when, things began, where they came from, why they started. And when it has a human origin, such as Christianity or Ferrari cars, the name of the person who started it. Everyday items such as the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the televisions we watch, the medicines that cure us, the languages we use, all began somewhere (and the answers are often not what you expect). This book celebrates the work of explorers, scientists and inventors people who wanted to know how the world works and ended by discovering something no one had ever seen before.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #327908 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-05
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 346 pages

About the Author
Trevor Homer is a former champion amateur golfer, who represented England 17 times. He has been a director of several private and public companies, and lives in Staffordshire; this is his first book, based on a lifelong obsession with obscure facts.

Customer Reviews

Addictive
Purchased this book as a Christmas present for someone else - it is now so dog-eared I will have to keep it! This is an addictive read full of surprising facts. Not a work to read cover to cover but a wonderful book to open up at random when you have a minute to spare and then it keeps you hooked for an hour or two.

Fantastic!
I bought this other book the other day and its brilliant, so interesting and well written! This will be bought for everyone I know at Christmas!!

Where to go when you just dont know the answer!
What a great book! This is the kind of book that everyone would want for christmas. Now I am actually interested in what my "intelligent friends" chat about, whereas i used to zone out. Would have rather said nothing!! Read it....