Presents discoveries that changed the world and explains how wonders of engineering have helped people improve their lives, from growing food to powering machinery.

Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.

Often human scientists try and solve a problem or invent a new tool and they realise that animals have already invented it for them. In this book you will meet the animal inventors who have shared their super inventing powers to make amazing things for humans. We have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of getting around and working out how to survive on our own for millions of years. Sometimes when a human inventor...

Presents readers with the most important inventions in history, from the wheel to the Internet. The book features historic photos, engaging sidebars, and thought-provoking prompts.

Presents a series of unusual inventions, along with description of how they worked including such items as a transparent travelling sphere, a machanical dance partner, talking watch, and portable sleeping cushion.

New breakthroughs in particle acceleration allow tumors to be irradiated in milliseconds. Using genetics, doctors can attack cancers and their causes in ever more targeted ways. Nanoparticles stream through the blood directly to cancer cells, tiny machines behaving with laser-like precision. Readers will learn the story of three technologies that are advancing the global fight against cancer. With this incisive look at the life-changing possibilities...

Profiles eleven inventors between the ages of eight and fourteen, describes the steps involved in inventing a new product, and discusses contests, patents, lawyers, and clubs.

Put on your thinking cap and get inventive! Make a musical instrument from glass bottles, use a drop of water to create a microscope, develop your own computer programming language, and more! Filled with interesting fun facts and entertaining activities, this book will inspire you to create your own inventions.

"An introduction to inventions and discoveries from ancient to modern times, including how they were developed and their effects on society. Features include fact boxes, illustrations, period photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and a list of recommended books and websites"--Provided by publisher.

We live in an incredible world full of incredible inventions, and we often can't remember a time before they existed. But behind every invention is an inventor-and a story! In this intriguing volume, readers will learn more about inventions, from appliances such as microwave ovens to foods such as cornflakes, and to things as widespread today as the internet. They'll also learn about the people who created these things, often on purpose-but sometimes...