
Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference
Pockets, matches, spectacles, postage stamps.
Whether it's the stitches that hold our clothes together or the syringes that deliver life-saving vaccines, small things really do make a big difference. Yet these modest but essential components of everyday life are often overlooked.
Science and comedy writer Helen Pilcher shares the unexpected stories of 50 humble innovations – from the accidental soldering of two bits of metal that created the pacemaker, to the eighteenth-century sea captain whose ingenious invention paved the way for the filming of Star Wars – and celebrates the joy of the small yet mighty.
- Forfatter
- Helen Pilcher
- ISBN
- 9781787397873
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Vekt
- 462 gram
- Utgivelsesdato
- 19.8.2021
- Forlag
- Welbeck Publishing Group
- Antall sider
- 320
