num_pages: 304
description: Our world has been transformed beyond recognition particularly in the 20th century and so were our lives and our aspirations. Throughout James May's Magnificent Machines  James May explores the iconic themes of the past hundred flight space travel television mechanized war medicine computers electronic music skyscrapers electronic espionage and much more. But he also reveals the hidden story behind why some inventions like the zeppelin the hovercraft or the theremin struggled to make their mark. He examines the tipping points when technologies such as the car or the internet became unstoppable and gets up close to the nuts and bolt of remarkable inventions. Packed with surprising statistics and intriguing facts this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to know how stuff works and why some stuff didn't make it.
language: English
title: James May's 20th Century
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton