Small inventions that make a big difference
By: photographs by Joseph H. Bailey ; art by John Huehnergarth.
Contributors: Bailey, Joseph H., ill.; Huehnergarth, John, ill.; National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: Books for world explorers
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Inventions -- Juvenile literature; Inventors -- Juvenile literature; Inventions; Inventors; Plastics
Description: Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 101.
Accompanied by "The patent game" (1 sheet [2] p. : col. ill. ; 75 x 49 cm. folded to 25 x 19 cm.).
Includes index.