Into the Future (Crafty Inventions S.) - Hardcover

 
9781904668732: Into the Future (Crafty Inventions S.)

Synopsis

Presents important inventions that have changed the world, such as the television, semiconductors, and rockets, and includes instructions for building models of the inventions.

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Synopsis

This fun and educational series brings a fresh new approach to the many aspects of invention. It traces the history of over 120 great inventions and inventors, from prehistoric times into the 21st century and beyond. looks at a problem in a lively cartoon story...thinks of a possible solution - maybe something a little crazy but often holding the germ of a good idea...comes up with way of solving the problem - and eureka!...sets to with ideas for a make-and-do model...and finally, tests it out. And while these ideas are building, there's all the science behind each invention to find out about too! What led to the invention of the amazing silicon chip? Did you know that the first TV was made from a hat box and knitting needles held together with string? Can a machine think? What's special about fibre optics? Why are lasers so useful? Find the answers to all these questions, and more, in this title of the Crafty Inventions series, then go on to make a jet-propelled bottle plane, a string-and-pot phone, a flickerscope and a junk robot.

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