Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia

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Find out about the greatest inventions, inventors, ideas, and discoveries from ancient history to the modern day. From the humble wheel to electricity, computers to robots, Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia covers a range of areas organized by theme: transportation (including cars and bicycles), communication (such as pens, TVs, phones, and cameras); home (from toilet paper to microwave ovens); work (the lathe and the microscope), health (including vaccinations and prosthetic limbs); and space (inventions that were made for astronauts and that are now used on Earth, such as smoke alarms and memory foam). The book also includes galleries that contain a collection of related inventions on one spread, while profile spreads explore the lives of prolific inventors, such as Thomas Edison, or key inventive ages, from Ancient China to the Digital Revolution. This also helps young readers--the innovators and "disruptors" of tomorrow--to understand how a particular invention made an impact on society at a particular time and in the years after it was first put to use. Contents......Page 6 EARLY BREAKTHROUGHS 6......Page 8 Early tools 8......Page 10 Farming 10......Page 12 Inventing the wheel 12......Page 14 Traveling by road 14......Page 16 Sailing the seas 16......Page 18 Sailing ships 18......Page 20 Archimedes 20......Page 22 The beginnings of industry 22......Page 24 Early mechanical devices 24......Page 26 Designing the future 26......Page 28 The power of gunpowder 28......Page 30 Gunpowder weapons 30......Page 32 The printing revolution 32......Page 34 Writing and printing 34......Page 36 Zhang Heng 36......Page 38 MAKING THE MODERN WORLD 38......Page 40 Tools 40......Page 42 Tools workshop 42......Page 44 Feeding the world 44......Page 46 Working the land 46......Page 48 Construction 48......Page 50 Alfred Nobel 50......Page 52 Industrialization 52......Page 54 Smart production line 54......Page 56 Powering up 56......Page 58 Renewable energy 58......Page 60 Nicola Tesla 60......Page 62 Plastics 62......Page 64 Man-made materials 64......Page 66 Buying and selling 66......Page 68 Money 68......Page 70 Online superstore 70......Page 72 At the office 72......Page 74 3-D printing 74......Page 76 Robots 76......Page 78 Helpful robots 78......Page 80 The robots are coming! 80......Page 82 GET MOVING 82......Page 84 Bicycle 84......Page 86 Two wheels 86......Page 88 Skating on air 88......Page 90 Motorcycles 90......Page 92 Cars for the masses 92......Page 94 Cars, cars, cars 94......Page 96 Henry Ford 96......Page 98 Pick a car! 98......Page 100 Public transit 100......Page 102 On the road 102......Page 104 Sail power 104......Page 106 On the water 106......Page 108 Boats and ships 108......Page 110 Navigating at sea 110......Page 112 Going underwater 112......Page 114 Floating carriers 114......Page 116 Taking to the skies 116......Page 118 The Wright brothers 118......Page 120 Jets to solar planes 120......Page 122 Other flying machines 122......Page 124 Drone deliveries 124......Page 126 Railroads 126......Page 128 On the tracks 128......Page 130 Flying train 130......Page 132 The Stephensons 132......Page 134 COMMUNICATION 134......Page 136 The telegraph 136......Page 138 Measuring time 138......Page 140 Telling the time 140......Page 142 The telephone 142......Page 144 Taking a call 144......Page 146 Smartphone 146......Page 148 The supercomputer 148......Page 150 Radio 150......Page 152 Listen to the radio 152......Page 154 Connecting continents 154......Page 156 The camera 156......Page 158 Snap away! 158......Page 160 Cinema 160......Page 162 Television 162......Page 164 Big screens 164......Page 166 Written communication 166......Page 168 Bright lights 168......Page 170 The computer 170......Page 172 Home computers 172......Page 174 World Wide Web 174......Page 176 Ada Lovelace 176......Page 178 AT HOME 178......Page 180 The light bulb 180......Page 182 Lighting up the world 182......Page 184 Fish and solar power 184......Page 186 Thomas Edison 186......Page 188 High voltage 188......Page 190 The battery 190......Page 192 Washing 192......Page 194 Kitchen devices 194......Page 196 Keeping cool 196......Page 198 A quick bite 198......Page 200 Vacuum cleaners 200......Page 202 James Dyson 202......Page 204 Recorded music 204......Page 206 Listen to the music 206......Page 208 Games and pastimes 208......Page 210 Video games 210......Page 212 The flushing toilet 212......Page 214 Keeping up appearances 214......Page 216 Time to relax 216......Page 218 In the closet 218......Page 220 Fasteners 220......Page 222 IN GOOD HEALTH 222......Page 224 Looking inside 224......Page 226 Marie Curie 226......Page 228 Better diagnoses 228......Page 230 Anesthetics 230......Page 232 Medical marvels 232......Page 234 Microscopes 234......Page 236 War on germs 236......Page 238 Developing treatments 238......Page 240 Super mold 240......Page 242 Vaccinations 242......Page 244 Louis Pasteur 244......Page 246 Dental health 246......Page 248 New body parts 248......Page 250 SPACE 250......Page 252 Studying the stars 252......Page 254 Telescopes 254......Page 256 Atacama observatory 256......Page 258 Galileo Galilei 258......Page 260 Satellites 260......Page 262 Watching over Earth 262......Page 264 Communication 264......Page 266 Space debris 266......Page 268 Rockets 268......Page 270 Rocket race 270......Page 272 Manned spaceflight 272......Page 274 Manned missions 274......Page 276 Space stations 276......Page 278 Living in space 278......Page 280 Space agencies 280......Page 282 Space technology for Earth 282......Page 284 Robotic probes 284......Page 286 Pushing the boundaries 286......Page 288 Ingenious inventors 288......Page 290 Glossary 292......Page 294 Index 296......Page 298 Acknowledgments 302......Page 304