Inventions and Discoveries 1993: What's Happened, What's Coming, What's That? - Hardcover

D'Estaing, Valerie-Anne Giscard

9780816028658: Inventions and Discoveries 1993: What's Happened, What's Coming, What's That?

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816028656 ISBN 13: 9780816028658

Publisher: Facts on File, 1993

Reviews notable inventions and their impact and predicts inventions of the future that will make lives easier and have a profound impact on civilization. 100,000 first printing.

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From Library Journal:

This beautifully illustrated work (the first U.S. edition of a French and European best seller) is an informative and entertaining dictionary of inventions through the ages that have intrigued and enlightened us. It is organized into 12 chapters, ranging from "Weapons and Warfare" to "Information Technology," each with more than 100 concise descriptions of inventions, inventors, and discoveries arranged chronologically. Special features include a "What on Earth?" section that examines the world's zaniest inventions, a "Tomorrow's World" section that focuses on future technologies, and a list of all Nobel Prize winners and their accomplishments. This book may be useful for identifying a time period or as a springboard for in-depth research. Though name and subject indexes are included, citations to sources are not, and there are no bibliographies. Its timeliness and scope, though, makes it a better choice than the Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of Invention and Technology ( LJ 3/1/93) for most libraries.
- Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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