Presents a timeline of inventions from the use of fire in prehistoric times to the iPad in 2010, with an emphasis on developments in the nineteenth and twentiet

A global view of science and technology as it developed over the centuries.

Full-color illustrations that describe some of history's most important inventions and advances including the first weaving machine in 1764, the catapult in the

The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Inventions uncovers the fascinating, humorous, and often unbelievable origins behind the world's most overlooked innovatio

A visual introduction to our planet and society told through the history of our greatest inventions and the technology that has changed the world. In his signat