Murphy, Glenn <br/><br/>
Inventions / 
Glenn Murphy. 
 - 1st U.S. ed 
 - New York :   Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,  c2008. 
 - 64 p.  col. ill.  28 cm 
 - Unsiders .
<br/><br/> Originally published: Sydney, NSW : Weldon Owen, 2008. - Includes index  What is an invention? -- Timeline of invention -- The first inventors -- It's revolutionary: wheel -- With the wind: sail -- Keeping time: clock -- Putting wind to work: windmill -- Spreading the word: printing press -- The universe revealed: telescope -- Powering the modern age: engine -- Capturing the moment: camera -- Transport on track: train -- Sound ideas: music player -- Making electricity: power station -- Keeping connected: telephone -- Deep diver: submarine -- Freedom machine: automobile -- Lighter than air: airship -- Taking to the skies: airplane -- Across the airwaves: radio and TV -- Quick thinking: computer -- Out of this world: rocket -- Kindest cuts: surgery -- Access control: lock and key -- Better bodies: bionics -- Wired world: Internet 
<br/><br/> A brief history of mankind's greatest inventions, from the first firemaking implements to the Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416938651  (hbk.) 1416938656  (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inventions / Juvenile literature<br/>Inventions / History / Juvenile literature<br/>Inventions<br/>Geschichte<br/>Erfindung
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