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Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the World
Stephen Van Dulken
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Description for Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the World
Paperback. It's the perfect gift book for every inventor and tinker in your life!"Remarkable .. get the book for yourself. It'll hold you for many hours." (Wall Street Journal)"A fascinating compendium for trivia seekers." (Publishers Weekly)>"Highly entertaining .. " (Boston Globe) Num Pages: 246 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Imagine your average day without zippers, airplanes or vacuum cleaners, without your clock radio or your personal stereo, without photocopiers. All of these devices were invented within the last hundred years and have since transformed our daily landscape. Drawing on The British Library's vast and comprehensive collection of patents, this handsomely illustrated book recounts the history of 100 of the most significant inventions of the century, decade by decade. From the photocopier to the Slinky, from genetic fingerprinting to the Lava Lamp, from the ... Read more
Imagine your average day without zippers, airplanes or vacuum cleaners, without your clock radio or your personal stereo, without photocopiers. All of these devices were invented within the last hundred years and have since transformed our daily landscape. Drawing on The British Library's vast and comprehensive collection of patents, this handsomely illustrated book recounts the history of 100 of the most significant inventions of the century, decade by decade. From the photocopier to the Slinky, from genetic fingerprinting to the Lava Lamp, from the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814788127
SKU
V9780814788127
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Ref
99-50
About Stephen Van Dulken
The author of Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions that Shaped the World and American Inventions: A History of Curious, Extraordinary, and Just Plain Useful Patents (both available through NYU Press), Stephen Van Dulken is an expert curator in the Patents Information Service of The British Library.
Reviews for Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the World
A wonderful book -L.A. Daily Breeze,Oct. 19, 2001 Highly entertaining . . . In addition to being able to tell a good story, van Dulken . . . easily assembles complex ideas from chemistry and engineering and makes them palatable for the lay person. Van Dulken has assembled a panoramic snapshot of the ... Read more