
by Glenn Murphy · Larousse · tapa dura · ISBN 9788480168557

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Discover the most amazing gadgets and machines that have shaped the world we live in. From the wheel to the Internet, find out the secret history behind the great inventions, from the surface to the internal mechanisms, through stunning 3D images. This book explains in detail what inventions are and their chronology and reveals a multitude of curious information, such as what makes an old clock work, how to open security locks with an eye, who invented the plane, how deep a submarine can dive, etc. In the second part of the book, we will discover the origins and secrets of printing, the engine, the train, aircraft, the telescope, the telephone, the automobile, surgery or bionics. Each topic occupies a double page, which contains a large image and several photographs and drawings with surprising details. At the end of the work, a glossary and an alphabetical index allow a second reading and facilitate the location of information.

Glenn Murphy is a British children's writer. His book Why is Snot Green? was shortlisted for the 2007 Blue Peter Book Awards and was a finalist for the Royal Society Junior Science Book of the Year 2008
