A History of Great Inventions
| Editor | Robert Uhlig |
| Publisher | Avalon Publishing Group |
| Consultant | James Dyson |
| Imprint | Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. |
| Art Director/Editor | Margaret Donegan |
| Photo/Picture Editor | Suzanne Hodgart, Claire Patterson |
| Sub-Editor | Bill Owen |
| Copyright Holder | Telegraph Group Ltd |
| Production | Roger Williams |
| Contributor | Robert Uhlig |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | EU |
| This Edition Published | 2001 |
| Copyright | 2001 |
| ISBN | 0-7867-0903-0 |
| Barcode | 9 780786 709038 |
| EAN 5 | 50000 |
| Chapters | Contents Introduction: Man‘s need to invent 2 // The human drive to create and improve Chapter 1: 2.6 million BC to AD1 6 // The first spark of genius 8 // How technology made civilisation possible Chapter 2: AD1 to 1649 36 // Looking at new horizons 38 // Spreading knowledge and shrinking the globe Chapter 3: 1650 to 1829 66 // The age of industrial power 68 // Harnessing steam brings a new way of life Chapter 4: 1830 to 1899 96 // Electricity on the move 98 // The story of light, sound and motion Chapter 5: 1900 to 1944 126 // Journey into the atomic age 128 // Two world wars force the pace of change Chapter 5: 1945 to 2000 156 // Reinventing the world 158 // Living with the chip and the gene 186 // Index |
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