Inventions that changed the world Tomecek, Stephen M. creator Stuckenschnelder, Dan Illustrator text cb New York Scholastic 2003 First Scholastic paperback printing, September 2003 monographic eng

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112 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm . Profiles forty-five historic and prehistoric inventions, explaining how they work and describing their origins and impact. Includes such developments as the hand ax, the axle, writing, money, the clock, anesthesia, and the nuclear reactor. By Stephen M. Tomecek : Illustrated by Dan Stuckenschnelder Renaissance history Non-fiction Medieval history Non-fiction T15 .T695 609 9780439609654 FISKH 250326 20250326123233.0 6191 eng