Synopsis
A compendium of the great and transformative inventors and inventions throughout history, Inventors and Inventions provides an overview of key technologies and products and delves into the story behind some of the most profound inventions that have shaped our lives today. This beautiful and engaging book explores inventions throughout history, covering everything from the wheel and Archimedes Screw to the Dual-Cyclone Vacuum cleaner and the ipod. With chapters on Computers, Entertainment, Design, Medicine, Warfare, Sports and Transportation, amongst others, every important technological category is covered. Inventors and Inventions delves into well-known and everyday inventions, many of which we take for granted, to explore their origins and the context behind their creation. Amongst the profiles of inventors will be Archimedes, Al Jazari, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Louis Daguerre, Trevor Bayliss, Thomas Edison, The Wright Brothers, Marie Curie, Tim Berners-Lee, John Logie Baird, James Dyson, Phillipe Starck and many others.
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About the Author
Richard Fisher is the News Editor of New Scientist. He has written extensively for technology magazine The Engineer.
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Inventors and Inventions provides a vibrant account of inventions past and present, and the brilliant minds behind them; charting the evolution of the inventions at the core of our society, alongside those that have evolved with the technological advancements of the present day.
Presenting a broad range of subjects—including communication, engineering, entertainment, medicine, transport and warfare—Inventors and Inventions explores the origin and development of inventions as diverse as time and space, the pencil, and the jet engine. The book also discusses the influence of the ancient Romans and Egyptians on technology today, alongside famous figures such as Eadweard Muybridge and his ‘moving picture’ photography, and household names including Charles Babbage, Thomas Edison, Swanson and James Dyson.
Opening with an introduction by New Scientist writer Richard Fisher, wherein influential, failed, and future inventions are discussed, Inventors and Inventions is a visual survey of the subject, illustrated throughout with patents, technical drawings and photographs.
From inventions that changed the way we live, to inventions that we could not live without, Inventors and Inventions is a thought-provoking exploration into the world around us.
Inventions covered include, amongst others, Money, The Alphabet, the Pop-up Toaster, Tetra-pak, The Zip, Photography, the Hula Hoop, Television, the Yo-Yo, Paper, Radio Broadcasting, the Telephone, Roads and Tarmac, Traffic lights, Rocket Propulsion, the Circular Saw, Band-Aids, Asprin, Cloning, the Swiss Army Knife, Tanks, Night Vision, Maps, the Gyroscope, Food Preservation, the Plough and Animal Husbandry.
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