TY - BOOK AU - Tomecek,Steve AU - Stuckenschneider,Dan TI - What a great idea!: inventions that changed the world SN - 9780590681445 AV - T15 .T695 2003 U1 - 609 22 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Nonfiction KW - Inventions KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110) and index; Wilson's Children; Wilson's Junior High School; School Library Journal starred; 8.2; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - 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 ER -