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Science Museum: The Book of Inventions

Science Museum: The Book of Inventions

Amazing Ideas that Changed the World

by Tim Cooke and Paul Daviz
Hardback
Publication Date: 03/11/2020

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Featuring over 40 inventions, from flushing toilets to drones, microscopes to MRI scanners, this brilliant STEM-themed read will get kids interested in the technology and gadgets that make the world go round.

Let this book take you on a guided tour through the world's most significant, innovative and amazing technological inventions. Find out how, when and why the inventions which we take for granted today happened, and learn more about the people who created them. Discover how the cutting-edge technology of today exists because of the long line of inventions and discoveries that came before. See inside mysterious machines to uncover how they function and what special materials they are made from.

Engaging text, imaginatively designed layouts and striking, diagrammatic illustrations help readers to understand the importance of various inventions, explore how one major invention often led to others, and look at competing inventions to find out which ones were successful and why. With over 40 inventions featured, this is a brilliant STEM-themed read for kids interested in the technology and gadgets that make the world go round.

ISBN:
9781783125579
9781783125579
Category:
Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
03-11-2020
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
112
Dimensions (mm):
282x234x18mm
Weight:
0.75kg
Tim Cooke

Tim Cooke is a graduate of Oxford University. He has worked in children's publishing for over 20 years, and has written or contributed to dozens of books on a wide range of subjects.

Among his publications as writer or editor are numerous sets about military history, particularly the American Revolution, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the Vietnam War.

He has also written extensively about general history, both ancient and modern.

Paul Daviz

Paul Daviz is a Blackburn-born illustrator whose style is characterised by big, bold shapes, sweeping lines, strong colours, hints of texture, and plenty of fun.

He is influences by Soviet matchbox covers 1970s cinema advertising. After studying graphic design and working as a storyboard visualizer for TV ads, packaging and print campaigns, Paul moved to freelance illustration, producing work for numerous and diverse clients, including Chanel 4, The Daily Telegraph, HarperCollins, BMW, Ravensburger and Royal Mail.

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