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Backward Science: What was life like before world-changing discoveries? - Hardcover

Gifford, Clive

 
9780711249905: Backward Science: What was life like before world-changing discoveries?

Synopsis

This book is backwards! It starts at the end, ends at the beginning and travels back in history to show you what life was like before major inventions and discoveries.

Step into a time before smartphones, television, cars or even the toilet; then learn about the major invention or discovery that changed the world.

Explore bright, detailed, humorous scenes from different eras that will spark discussion and make you think about what life was like in history. Learn about the clever inventors, the accidental discoveries and how people managed without the everyday things that we take for granted.

  • Detailed, humorous scenes of different eras to explore 
  • Key topics of science, technology and inventions

This fun and engaging title will delight young historians, scientists, or any child with a curious mind!

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About the Authors

Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of more than 200 books for children and young adults. His titles published by Ivy Kids include Eye Benders, winner of the 2014 Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, and The Book of Comparisons, winner of the 2018 Sainsbury's Children Book Award in the Learning and Development Category.

Anne Wilson has an MA in illustration from Central St Martins College of Art, London and has been an illustrator for over 15 years. Much of her work is inspired by everyday life, pattern, colour and shape. Born on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, Anne now lives in the much less remote town of Reading, England.

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