- Paperback: 410 pages
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire; Revised edition (22 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750923733
- ISBN-13: 978-0750923736
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #93 in Books > History > Social & Economic History > Inventions
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For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length and breadth of Britain, bringing to life in his TV series, "Local Heroes", pioneers of science, invention and technology. This book presents 100 of the best stories: ingenious or odd, different or daft, but always entertaining.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best toilet reading in the world,
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This review is from: 100 Local Heroes (Paperback)
This book is a great gift for anyone interested in history, engineering or science. It has 100 short pieces to read in any order, each bringing alive Adam Hart-Davis' joy in the most and least useful inventions and discoveries that created the modern world.
It's real quality lies in toilet reading - each story just the right length to pick up when there's 5 minutes about to go to waste :-)
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A brilliant anthology for anyone who is a "local heroes" fan,
By A Customer
This review is from: 100 Local Heroes (Paperback)
This is a great book for anyone who enjoyed the tv programme or who wishes to know more about the diversity of British genius. Put another way, perhaps you love the wacky inventors of this country and could enjoy reading about their weird and wonderful ideas. Dip in and try it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent read,
By whobiggs (Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 100 Local Heroes (Paperback)
Entertaining book following the TV series and easy to read. I'd like more like this.
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