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The History of Invention/from Stone Axes to Silicon Chips - Hardcover

Williams, Trevor I.

 
9780816017881: The History of Invention/from Stone Axes to Silicon Chips

Synopsis

Profiles the history of invention from the first crude stone ax head to the latest achievements in biotechnology, including a biographical dictionary of the individuals responsible for these discoveries

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Review

This absorbing study covers thousands of inventions explaining not only their origins and uses, but also placing them in their historical, cultural and scientific contexts. (MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS)

Book Description

The history of material civilization from the working of flint to the present day, now fully updated and available in paperback for the first time.

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