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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30700429 Title: Smithsonian visual timeline of inventions Author: Richard Platt Publisher: London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1994. ISBN/ISSN: 1564586758 : 9781564586759 OCLC:30700429

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Smithsonian visual timeline of inventions

Author:	Richard Platt
Publisher:	London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, 1994.
Edition/Format:	Book : Juvenile audience : English : 1st American edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Using a timeline of world events as a framework, a history of inventions is detailed in 4 main areas of endeavor: communications, health, industry, and travel. More than 400 inventions are presented in this book -- from prehistoric tools to virtual reality. Inventors are also presented, including Galileo, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright brothers, Karl Benz, & Edison. As students study inventors, they may want to create Read more...
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Material Type:	Juvenile audience
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Richard Platt Find more information about:
ISBN:	1564586758 : 9781564586759
OCLC Number:	30700429
Notes:	Includes indexes.
Description:	64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Contents:	600,000BC-AD 1299 : The first inventions -- 1300-1779 : Printing and the spread of ideas -- 1780-1869 : Steam power and the Industrial Revolution -- 1870-1939 : Electric power and the Modern World -- 1940-2000 : Transistors and the Information Age.
Responsibility:	Richard Platt ; foreword by Steven Lubar.

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Using a timeline of world events as a framework, a history of inventions is detailed in 4 main areas of endeavor: communications, health, industry, and travel. More than 400 inventions are presented in this book -- from prehistoric tools to virtual reality. Inventors are also presented, including Galileo, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright brothers, Karl Benz, & Edison. As students study inventors, they may want to create their own timeline, using this book as a model. Index of inventions & index of inventors. Using a timeline of world events as a framework, a history of inventions is detailed in four main areas of endeavor: communications, health, industry, & travel. This original timeline treats each subject as a visual thread and makes any history lesson memorable. Children can't resist following along to find out what happens. Visual Timelines: Inventions is an invaluable resource that provides unbeatable material for any student.

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