The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, 2000
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: KCMidwestbooks, Leawood, KS, U.S.A.KCMidwestbooks
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Ver Good in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket shows moderate wear at the spine ends, with visible chipping and creasing at the head of the spine; overall soiling and light rubbing is present on the rear panel and spine. Front cover design remains bright and legible. Text block appears clean and square from the spine view, with no visible cocking or damage to the boards. Interior sampled pages (title page, copyright page) are clean with no writing or markings. A small decorative brass hand/leaf-shaped bookmark clip appears in one photo but is not part of the book itself. Blurbs from Bill Gates and back-cover "Sampling of Great Inventions" list intact and legible. Carefully packed and shipped in a box. Shipped via USPS with tracking provided. International shipping available. Additional photographs available upon request. SCI 2a.
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- Title
- The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years
- Author
- Edited by John Brockman (Afterword by Jared Diamond)
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 068485998X
- ISBN 13
- 9780684859989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 0.8 pounds
- Dimensions
- 5.5 inches width by 8.25 inches height by 1 inch depth
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Review
The printing press received a number of votes, as did the computer and television. Other entries were more eclectic: organised science, the contraceptive pill, the gun or even hay. Chairs and stairs; anaesthesia; cities. Each invention is justified by a short essay, some of which read like ... well, Web-site prose. Also, a glaring sexism flaws the book--Brockman chose fewer than 10 women's submissions. Nevertheless, Greatest Inventions is a worthy addition to your millennial reading list and lots of fun besides. --Therese Littleton
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