1000 Inventions and Discoveries

1000 Inventions & Discoveries

Roger Bridgman

DK Children

Part of the "Eyewitness Science" series, this book provides the reader with a close look at electronics. Artwork explains how and why things work and 3-D models make even the most complex concepts clear. The book demonstrates the original experiments, and explains the principles behind the major scientific inventions and concepts. Specially-commissioned photographs and text written by experts in their own fields make the most intriguing theories accessible. It captures the spirit of earlier ages by showing the original equipment and instruments used in scientific experiments. "Eyewitness Science" is a series of visual guides that opens up the world of science, and explains the principles affecting people's daily lives. All the fields of science are encompassed - from relativity to genetics - to build up into an encyclopaedic series. The reader is invited to step into the shoes of the scientists and relive the thrill of scientific breakthrough.

Eyewitness Science Electronics (collins Eyewitness Science)

Angus&Robertson

Did you know that scientist Alhazen faked madness in order to found modern optics? Or that "tin lizzie" (the model T Ford) was the first car to be built on an assembly line? Showcasing 1,000 groundbreaking moments in history, this book tells the story behind each discovery. Find out how some of the world's greatest inventive minds made their incredible discoveries and what trials they faced along the way. Clear, comprehensive text together with specially commissioned photographs from the Science Museum collection mean you can find out when the rabies vaccine was discovered or who invented the electric tram, or how Copernicus discovered that the Earth moves around the Sun. With bite-sized features boxes and a timeline that puts achievements into context at a glance, this is a valuable reference for every significant human invention and discovery, from fire, trigonometry, toothpaste, and space rockets to DNA technology, black holes and beyond. From accidental discoveries to meticulously worked-out theories, this is a remarkable record of human achievement from the dawn of the human race to the present day.

Teen & Young Adult

Dorling Kindersley Child's H/B

Integrating words and pictures, this is a family reference book on electronics structured so that the individual themes of each spread make up a complete visual story and a self-contained module. On every spread there is a specially shot colour photograph of objects shown in real-life close-up deta

Electronics

Dorling, Kindersley

Traces the history, discoveries, and devices of the science of electronics.

Eyewitness: Electronics

Children's Books

Education & Reference

From robot wars to robots that play football, children can learn here about humanoids and artificial intelligence and discover how robots have evolved over the years. It supports the National Science Curriculum at Key Stage two and three

Robot

Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd.

A lighthearted look at more than 300 of the world's most  important inventions, this fascinating book begins with six key inventions  and explores the people who created them, the mechanics that make them  work, and the ideas and innovations that inspired them. Illustrated with  hilarious artwork teeming with tiny people (the Brainwaves!), How Nearly  Everything Was Invented makes it easy to see how one crazy notion leads to  another culminating in the remarkable technological revolutions that change  our lives forever.

How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves

Jilly MacLeod

Science, Nature & How It Works

How do tiny components control complex tasks? How has electronics changed our lives? Find out the answers to these and other questions in this new look at electronics.

Eyewitness Science ~ Electronics - Explore the fast-moving world of electronics - how the tiny components that control complex tasks have changed so many aspects of modern life

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1000 Inventions & Discoveries

Eyewitness Science Electronics (collins Eyewitness Science)

1000 Inventions and Discoveries

Electronics

Eyewitness: Electronics

Robot

How Nearly Everything Was Invented by the Brainwaves

1000 Inventions and Discoveries

Eyewitness Science ~ Electronics - Explore the fast-moving world of electronics - how the tiny components that control complex tasks have changed so many aspects of modern life