| Description |
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
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age Children lcdgt |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Learning the basics: c. 3,000,000 BCE-500 BCE -- The age of authority: c. 499 BCE-1400 -- New worlds, new ideas: 1401-1750 -- Revolutionary changes: 1751-1850 -- Science takes control: 1851-1900 -- Iventions for everyone: 1901-1950 -- Information & uncertainty: 1951 onward -- Index of inventions & discoveries -- Index of inventors and discoverers. |
| Summary |
Summarizes one thousand notable inventions and discoveries of ancient and modern times, from 3,000,000 B.C. to the beginning of the twenty-first century A.D. |
| Note |
At head of title: Smithsonian. |
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Includes indexes. |
| Subject |
Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Smithsonian Institution, editor.
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| Added Title |
One thousand inventions and discoveries |
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Thousand inventions and discoveries |
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Smithsonian 1000 inventions and discoveries |
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Smithsonian one thousand inventions and discoveries |
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Smithsonian thousand inventions and discoveries |
| ISBN |
9781465494351 (paperback) |
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1465494359 (paperback) |
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