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101 Things You Wish You'd Invented

...and Some You Wish No One Had

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Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention, from glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting, of course, the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society, it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance, or millennia of evolution ...And reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut, tut). Expand your knowledge of man's accomplishments in the most compelling - and irreverent - way possible.

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101 Things You Wish You'd Invented, Tracey Turner, Richard Horne

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2008
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Titre
101 Things You Wish You'd Invented
Sous-titre
...and Some You Wish No One Had
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Bloomsbury
Publié
2008
Format
souple
ISBN10
0747591989
ISBN13
9780747591986
Séries
Mots clés
Nonfiction
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3,5 sur 5
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Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention, from glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting, of course, the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society, it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance, or millennia of evolution ...And reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut, tut). Expand your knowledge of man's accomplishments in the most compelling - and irreverent - way possible.