1001 Inventions That Changed the World
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Summary
The history of the world through 1，001 inventions—from prehistoric times to the present day。
1001 Inventions That Changed the World is an enthralling guide to the world’s most important scientific and technological advances。 Authoritatively written by a team of historians， scientists， and anthropologists， this book tells the stories behind these innovations， presenting a comprehensive history of the world through invention and discovery。 From stone tools and fire at the dawn of humankind to today’s self-driving cars， inventions have moved society forward at a remarkable pace。 This informative volume shows just how much some of the inventions that we take for granted have transformed the world。
1001 Inventions That Changed the World is an enthralling guide to the world’s most important scientific and technological advances。 Authoritatively written by a team of historians， scientists， and anthropologists， this book tells the stories behind these innovations， presenting a comprehensive history of the world through invention and discovery。 From stone tools and fire at the dawn of humankind to today’s self-driving cars， inventions have moved society forward at a remarkable pace。 This informative volume shows just how much some of the inventions that we take for granted have transformed the world。
Reviews
Tony Fecteau
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A very dense book of inventions。 I would have liked to see more diagrams or more explanations on some of the inventions。
Kanchi J
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It is an amazing book 。。。。if you want to know about various inventions ，taking from the most basic to extra-ordinary objects by the human kind。 It's costly but worth it。 It is an amazing book 。。。。if you want to know about various inventions ，taking from the most basic to extra-ordinary objects by the human kind。 It's costly but worth it。 。。。more
Gabriel
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Também um livro muito agradável e fácil。 Além disso， a leitura é suave e despreocupada， como acontece com o restante da série。Fiz uma analogia com o outro livro sobre as 1001 idéias， sobre como um videogame chamado Civilização de Sid Meier tem duas árvores de pesquisa， uma cultural e uma científica。 Bem， este livro é sobre o compêndio científico， uma apresentação superficial de várias invenções que acompanharam a história da humanidade。Juntamente com o seu gêmeo， os dois livros muito bons！ Como Também um livro muito agradável e fácil。 Além disso， a leitura é suave e despreocupada， como acontece com o restante da série。Fiz uma analogia com o outro livro sobre as 1001 idéias， sobre como um videogame chamado Civilização de Sid Meier tem duas árvores de pesquisa， uma cultural e uma científica。 Bem， este livro é sobre o compêndio científico， uma apresentação superficial de várias invenções que acompanharam a história da humanidade。Juntamente com o seu gêmeo， os dois livros muito bons！ Como é o caso de toda a série， aliás。--/--Also a very nice and easy book。 Also the reading is smooth and unconcerned， as it is with the rest of the series。I've made an analogy with the 1001's ideas， about how a videogame called Sid Meier's Civilization has there are two research trees in it， a cultural one and a scientific one。 Well， this book is all about the scientific compendium， a perfunctory presentation of various inventions that accompanied the history of mankind。Together with its twin， both very nice books！ As it is the case with the whole series， 0r at least， with those of the series that I have read。 。。。more
Frederick Jamieson
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Great book explains the history of the inventions
Alok Mishra
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A very useful book for kids， adults and science students。 The information will improve the general knowledge of the readers。 Many things in this book I did not know before。。。
Israel França
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Amazing book 4 all
Tom Menke
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awesome book
Jim Bowen
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There are a lot of these "1001" books doing the rounds at the moment。 They can tell you where to go， what to eat， and what wine to drink， to name but a few。 I bought this one。 because my Dad likes random information， but isn't much of a reader， so thought this might be for him， as it does contain a fair amount of said random information。To help you find things， it's organised into segment that range from the dawn of history to the modern day。 Given you're limited to just one book， what you'll ge There are a lot of these "1001" books doing the rounds at the moment。 They can tell you where to go， what to eat， and what wine to drink， to name but a few。 I bought this one。 because my Dad likes random information， but isn't much of a reader， so thought this might be for him， as it does contain a fair amount of said random information。To help you find things， it's organised into segment that range from the dawn of history to the modern day。 Given you're limited to just one book， what you'll get is a précis， but it covers the basic （and most useful） facts related to the thing it's describing。In short， if you're looking for a "toilet book" or something that'll keep you diverted for a few minutes， this is for you。 。。。more
Revti
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Great effort！ Covers almost all the known and unknown inventions 。 Great for reference 。 Very informative！
Clement Ying
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Why inventions almost always originate from the West？Social growth is path-dependent。If growth is dependent on geography， then Africa / India / China must have very bad Feng Shui。If growth is dependent on genes， then we are resorting to Nazism。Growth must be path-dependent， which is related to a whole milieu of socio-cultural institutions。
Sophie Crane
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There are a lot of these "1001" books doing the rounds at the moment。 They can tell you where to go， what to eat， and what wine to drink， to name but a few。 I bought this one。 because my Dad likes random information， but isn't much of a reader， so thought this might be for him， as it does contain a fair amount of said random information。To help you find things， it's organised into segment that range from the dawn of history to the modern day。 Given you're limited to just one book， what you'll ge There are a lot of these "1001" books doing the rounds at the moment。 They can tell you where to go， what to eat， and what wine to drink， to name but a few。 I bought this one。 because my Dad likes random information， but isn't much of a reader， so thought this might be for him， as it does contain a fair amount of said random information。To help you find things， it's organised into segment that range from the dawn of history to the modern day。 Given you're limited to just one book， what you'll get is a précis， but it covers the basic （and most useful） facts related to the thing it's describing。In short， if you're looking for a "toilet book" or something that'll keep you diverted for a few minutes， this is for you。 。。。more
Daniel
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It was good
Ravikumarpnb
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good
PG Ragavandir
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Helps to Invent
Viju Chellamuthu
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The book serves as a quick reference for some interesting science inventions。 With Wikipedia around for adults and the internet savvy。。。 this book can form a good birthday gift to interesting minds。 The book is heavy but the paper quality， imagery are all good quality。 The book meets it's purpose。 The book serves as a quick reference for some interesting science inventions。 With Wikipedia around for adults and the internet savvy。。。 this book can form a good birthday gift to interesting minds。 The book is heavy but the paper quality， imagery are all good quality。 The book meets it's purpose。 。。。more
Ahmad AlAli
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Simply， AMAZING book。。！
Sportyrod
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Excellent for trivia。 The book had a good balance between typical facts about the inventions and interesting information about how the inventions came about。
Stevedutch
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I’m a bit of a fan of ‘titbit’ books that you can pick up; gain something useful from by way of inspiration， information， motivation and probably any other of a hundred other words ending in –ion; and put down without worrying about losing your place！ This book certainly fulfils that criterion。 Distributed amongst eight useful categories from ‘The Ancient World’ to the ‘Internet Age’ are the products of Human’s inventiveness that made the modern World we live in today。 The earliest entry goes to I’m a bit of a fan of ‘titbit’ books that you can pick up; gain something useful from by way of inspiration， information， motivation and probably any other of a hundred other words ending in –ion; and put down without worrying about losing your place！ This book certainly fulfils that criterion。 Distributed amongst eight useful categories from ‘The Ancient World’ to the ‘Internet Age’ are the products of Human’s inventiveness that made the modern World we live in today。 The earliest entry goes to stone tools， which date as far back as 2。6 million years B。C。E， whilst the most recent is the Large Hadron Collider， which arguably neatly summarizes mankind’s progress， at least in material terms， from the Stone Age to one of the pinnacles of Western Civilization。Obviously， each entry is necessarily limited to the most salient facts: if you’re going to tackle 1001 entries you can’t afford to go on at length。 But it serves to whet the appetite for further research。 Open this book at random and you can be sure to hit on something to pique your interest; as several have observed before me – it makes the perfect ‘loo’ companion or an invaluable resource for those enjoy pub quizzes and the like！ 。。。more
Anudeep
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super
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A nice collection of interesting facts。
Patty R。
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I'll have to check this one out at a later time。 I only managed to get to the first 20 pages。 I'll have to check this one out at a later time。 I only managed to get to the first 20 pages。 。。。more
Abraham Ray
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nice book of inventions！
Mills College Library
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600 A11115 2009
Gabriel Crowell
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This book is an informative one which goes from the beginning of human history and has inventions which changed either how we viewed/ interacted with one another or the world。 The book goes in depth into many inventions some which you never would have had much of an impact such as the artificially made toothbrush bristle。 It was not until reading this book that I realized that if it wasn't for this invention we still may be using sticks or boar bristles for dental hygiene。 I gave this book five This book is an informative one which goes from the beginning of human history and has inventions which changed either how we viewed/ interacted with one another or the world。 The book goes in depth into many inventions some which you never would have had much of an impact such as the artificially made toothbrush bristle。 It was not until reading this book that I realized that if it wasn't for this invention we still may be using sticks or boar bristles for dental hygiene。 I gave this book five stars because I have always been interested in creating new things and this book just delves into the history of some of the most influential inventions which I enjoy very much。 Another reason why this book deserves five stars is the way which it was written is quite good and it shows itself as a linear timeline in history but in actuality it goes back and connects ideas and inventions which each other throughout history。 I recommend this book if you want to try something new， enjoy informative books， or just want to learn something new。 。。。more
Ran
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good one
Leslie
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some really interesting stuff！ a bunch i had no clue about （like insulin） that made me go do more research。 this is a good one to keep around a read a bit at a time， great info to keep in your brain for trivia games。
Peter Abadeer
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this is very beautiful book
Rafael da Silva
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É um livro bem interessante。 É interessante ver o progresso do conhecimento humano assim como é muito interessante descobrir os ancestrais de coisas que achamos que existiram desde sempre。
Marcos Guirro
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Impressionante como certas tecnologias foram inventadas há mais de 100 anos， principalmente no setor automotivo。
Anton Klink
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