1,000 inventions & discoveriesFascinating stories and vivid photographs and illustrations summarize one thousand notable inventions and discoveries of ancient and modern times, from 600,000 B.C. to the beginning of the twenty-first century A.D. |
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| Title | 1,000 inventions & discoveries |
| Author | Roger Francis Bridgman |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | DK Pub., 2002 |
| ISBN | 0789488264, 9780789488268 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Medical Inventions Inventions/ History Inventions/ History/ Juvenile literature Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Exploration & Discovery Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Discoveries Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / How Things Work-Are Made Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / Inventions Science / History Technology & Engineering / Inventions |
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