What a great idea! : inventions that changed the world /

Tomecek, Steve.

What a great idea! : inventions that changed the world / Inventions that changed the world Stephen M. Tomecek ; illustrated by Dan Stuckenschneider. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, 2003. - 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110) and index.

Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred.

Profiles forty-five historic and prehistoric inventions, explaining how they work and describing their origins and impact. Includes such developments as the hand ax, the axle, writing, money, the clock, anesthesia, and the nuclear reactor.

8.2 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

9780590681445 0590681443 9781413197440 (Follett bdg.) 1413197442

2001020937


Inventions--History--Juvenile literature.
Inventions--History.
Inventions--History.
Inventions--History.

T15 / .T695 2003

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