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A funky and fascinating collection of ideas, patents, and plans. When Leonardo da Vinci, over five hundred years ago, invented the tank, car, helicopter, glider, parachute, submarine, elevator, and telescope, he was considered a dreamer. Or even crazy. Today he is understood to be a genius, ahead of his time. This book collects ancient and modern inventions. Some are revolutionary, others comical, others simply impossible. But each testifies to the extraordinary imagination of its inventor. You'll find a flying bicycle, a bubble telegraph, passenger clouds and passenger birds, mechanical chess players, a water clock, a concentration hood, and many more incredible ideas.
--A funky and fascinating collection of ideas, patents, and plans. When Leonardo da Vinci, over five hundred years ago, invented the tank, car, helicopter, glider, parachute, submarine, elevator, and telescope, he was considered a dreamer. Or even crazy. Today he is understood to be a genius, ahead
A guided tour through the world's most significant, innovative and amazing technological inventions. Find out how, when and why the inventions which we take for granted today happened, and learn more about the people who created
Odd Science: Amazing Inventions is filled with weird and wacky facts that you've never heard before. Read about the trainers made of spider silk, wonder at the first record played in space and tell your friends about the robot built in 1937. Prepare to laugh, marvel and
Discover how today's amazing inventions and technologies work while developing your coding
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A children's book by Honest History exploring inventions (and their inventors) that changed the world.Discover the true stories behind amazing creations, from the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient analogue computer, to the Baghdad Battery. Learn about each invention through well-researched content
Discover and Learn is a visually stimulating series that explores core areas of learning. This series uses eye-catching imagery, informative diagrams and fascinating facts to bring key subject areas to
Pockets, matches, spectacles, postage stamps. Whether it's the stitches that hold our clothes together or the syringes that deliver life-saving vaccines, small things really do make a big difference. Yet these modest but essential components of everyday life are often overlooked. Science and comedy
From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles, and mathematics. Dense, complex, and structured by intricate principles, his work is at the same time decorative and playful, toying constantly with optic
A fearless, darkly playful debut exploring the many impossible choices that accompany 21st century femaleness. What is the right way to handle an abusive partner? An unexpected pregnancy? A toxic friendship? Chronic unemployment? Gender dysphoria? A family member going to war? A disability? Anger?
'I literally couldn't stop reading.' --Stephen King'I love a book that is smart as hell and impossible to put down and this is IT.' --Jessica KnollA propulsive, 'chilling' (Lee Child) novel exploring the dangerous fault lines of female friendships, Necessary People deftly plumbs the limits of
An introductory text that emphasizes the underlying algorithmic ideas that are driving advances in bioinformatics.This introductory text offers a clear exposition of the algorithmic principles driving advances in bioinformatics. Accessible to students in both biology and computer science, it
Large eyes, small eyes, eyes that see 360 degrees, eyes that work together, eyes that swivel separately from each other, and eyes that see like telescopes. Strong graphic art and lyrical text to capture
A groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore―using the latest in brain scienceAudiences forget up to 90% of what you communicate. How can your employees and customers decide to act on your message if they only remember
Learn about key ideas, organizations and events that defined the movement in The Feminism Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Feminism in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices
In The Kinfolk Entrepreneur, author Nathan Williams introduces readers to 40 creative business owners around the globe, offering an inspiring, in-depth look behind the scenes of their lives and their companies. Pairing insightful interviews with striking images of these men and women and their
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination. 'A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.'--W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in turn, enriched by the bounties of the
Hope is everything. It's that calming inner voice, promising us that tomorrow will be better and dreams do come true. Life-affirming positivity always needs to be nurtured, so this book gathers together simple tips and wise words to help you brighten your outlook and feel good about your