A history of great inventions
By: James Dyson ; edited by Robert Uhlig.
Contributors: Uhlig, Robert.
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Inventions -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Man's need to invent; title: The human drive to create and improve 2; title: Chapter 1: 2.6 million BC to ADI; title: The first sparks of genius 6; title: How technology made civilisation possible 8; title: Chapter 2: AD1 to 1649; title: Looking at new horizons 36; title: Spreading knowledge and shrinking the globe 38; title: Chapter 3:1650 to 1829; title: The age of industrial power 66; title: Harnessing steam brings a new way of life 68; title: Chapter 4:1830 to 1899; title: Electricity on the move 96; title: The story of light, sound and motion 98; title: Chapter 5:1900 to 1944; title: Journey into the atomic age 126; title: Two world wars force the pace of change 128; title: Chapter 6:1945 to 2000; title: Reinventing the world 156; title: Living with the chip and the gene 158.