Inventors And Their Bright Ideas: Dead Famous by Mike Goldsmith

You've probably heard of a few inventors and their bright ideas..*AlexanderGraham Bell and his telephone*George Stevenson and his Rocket (which was really a train)*John Logie Baird and his television. But have you heard that... *Bell didn't invent the phone, but he did make a weird machine outof hay and a human ear*Stevenson didn't invent the train, but he did spend a lot of timecollecting gas in bladders*Baird's telly was useless, and so were his thermostatic socks?Yes, even though they're dead, inventors are still full of surprises-andthe ten in this book are more surprising than most. Now youcan get the inside story from their long lost notebooks, readthe ground-breaking news stories as their inventions hit the headlines,and find out all about the bright ideas that changed theworld. This 2002 Hippo Paperback is in good condition.

ISBN: 9780439981095 SKU: 1412451 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1412451
Location: Childrens