The big ideas that changed the world. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Dorling Kindersley Limited.
• Contents: Cover -- Contents -- Genius -- Light Bulb -- Antibiotics -- Penicillin -- Vaccination -- Microscope -- X-Ray -- DNA -- Watson and Crick -- Radioactivity -- Tin Can -- Portland Cement -- Hoover Dam -- Pet Bottles -- Stainless Steel -- Telegraph -- Who Invented the Telephone? -- World Wide Web -- Laser -- LCD -- Nylon -- Wallace Carothers -- Dynamite -- Great Gizmos -- Engine -- Lifts -- Elisha Otis -- Refrigerator -- Wind Turbine -- Electric Motor -- The Father of Electricity -- Spinning Jenny -- Robots -- Robots in Our World -- Pendulum Clock -- The Master of Time -- Crane -- Printing Press -- Flushing Toilet -- Television -- From Script to Screen -- Solar Cell -- Clean Energy -- Battery -- Microprocessor -- From Valves to Microprocessors -- Apple Computer -- Wozniak and Jobs -- Handy Gadgets -- Microwave -- The First Microwave -- Digital Camera -- Spectacles -- Radio -- Marconi -- Money -- Credit Card -- Cash Register -- James Ritty -- Barcode -- Stapler -- Stamp -- Stickies -- Velcro -- Zip -- Mobile Phone -- Going Mobile -- On The Move -- Wheel -- Ford Model T -- Fords Model Factory -- Sailing Ship -- Submarine -- Jet Aeroplane -- Helicopter -- Steam Locomotive -- Full Steam Ahead -- Bicycle -- Cats Eyes -- Percy Shaw -- Electric Car -- Metro -- London Underground -- Explore -- Saturn V -- Hubble -- Hubble in Action -- Compass -- Mars Rovers -- Satnav -- Cassini -- Spacesuit -- Space Helmet -- Submersible -- Scuba -- Jacques Cousteau -- Fibre-Optic Endoscope -- MRI -- Culture -- Ballpoint Pen -- Umbrella -- Lego174; Brick -- Play Well -- Walkman -- Skateboard -- Newspaper -- Jeans -- Levi Strauss -- Kinetoscope -- What Is 3-D? -- Video Games -- Sunglasses -- Electric Guitar -- Sports Shoes -- Football -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Index 252.
• Publisher Details: London : Dorling Kindersley
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages), illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
• Subjects: 609; Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature; Inventions; Electronic books; History; Juvenile works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781405360142; 1405360143
• Related ISBNs: 9781405356831; 1405356839
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.