TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parker, Steve,
AU  - West, David,
TI  - 53 1/2 things that changed the world: and some that didn't!
SN  - 9781908177537
U1  - 608 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Brighton
PB  - Book House
KW  - Inventions
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - History
N1  - Before history began. Walking on two legs ; Tools ; Fire ; Clothes ; Art ; Music ; Worship ; Towns ; Farming ; Wines and beers ; Horse-riding ; Wheels ; Bronze and iron ; Armies ; Boats ; Pottery ; Glass ; The rule of the law ; Schools ; Votes for the people -- The toilet -- The blast furnace -- The road -- The clock -- The piano -- The plough -- The combine harvester -- The sail -- The screw -- The telescope and microscope -- The printing press -- Medicine -- The electric light -- The electric motor -- The phonograph -- Guns and gunpowder -- Telephones and mobiles -- Radio -- Television -- The steam engine -- The internal combustion engine -- The aeroplane -- The jet engine -- The space rocket -- The satellite -- The map -- The camera -- Oil -- Electronics, computers and the internet -- The atomic bomb -- Fusion power: half an invention? -- ... And things that didn't. The safety pin ; The rattle ; Tame cats ; Kites ; Napkins ; Chess ; National anthems ; The umbrella ; The sandwich ; The rocking chair ; Invisible ink ; Chewing gum ; Cornflakes ; Horse-racing on stage ; The teddy bear ; Electric-arc ; Iron ; Spruce Goose ; The Mackerel car ; The mini-skirt ; and finally ... electric transport?; Key Stage 2
N2  - "Imagine life without music, buildings, clothes, books, engines or even speech! This is what the world would be like without these 53 1/2 things that changed the course of history. From primitive discoveries such as fire and the wheel, to modern creations such as the jet engine and the internet -- not forgetting the great inventing disasters -- this book contains them all."--Back cover
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