Who Invented What When?
Ellyard, David
ISBN 10: 1741104882 ISBN 13: 9781741104882
Published by New Holland Publishers, 2006
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Who Invented What When recounts the 500-year saga of innovation that has shaped the world we live in, from the first pocket watch to the latest nanotechnology. Arranged chronologically, each new invention is placed in its historical context and provides insight into the inventor's life and motivation as well as the difference their invention has made.
About the Author: David Ellyard has been closely involved with science all his working life. He has been a researcher, teacher and government policy advisor, and for more than 30 years a science communicate, working in radio television and print. He was also President of the Australian Science Communicators. His previous publications include books on weather and astronomy, and a prize-winning biography of the controversial Australian physicist and public figure Sir Mark Oliphant. Who Discovered What When? combines his love of history with his deep concern for the human and social impacts of new ideas and inventions.
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Title: Who Invented What When?
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: paperback
Condition: As New