- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; 2 edition (2 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330444549
- ISBN-13: 978-0330444545
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1 cm
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497,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #38 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > A > Ardagh, Philip
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This book's rapid-fire facts interspersed with jokey asides are undoubtedly chuckle-inducing for the under-eights if not to all parental tastes. Inventions covered include the television, photography, cars, railways, computers, printing and guns. Each entry makes a fair attempt to chronicle briefly the history and need for the particular invention and to assess it's impact on modern life. The piece on the telephone, for example, includes a run down of messanger systems, postal services, semaphore, Morse code and the telegraph, ending with the adaption of the telephone to transmitting fax and computer messages. The entry on aeroplanes includes Chinese kites, helicopter designs, parachutes, hot air balloons and airships en route to the Wright brothers, concluding with Concorde and ejection seats. The format, with brief paragraphs and plenty of quirky details, is ideal for children with short attention spans who might otherwise reject an attempt to cram in a little history. Not the best of its genre, and certainly not the best-written, but it might amuse curious children for a few hours. (Kirkus UK)
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In association with the Science Museum, this brilliant book is bursting with facts, figures and photographs!
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