Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference
From Prehistory to the Present
$35.98
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2021
Summary
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 writer Helen Pilcher shares the unexpected stories of 50 humble innovations—from the accidental soldering of two bits of metal that created the pacemaker, to the ei…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787397873 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787397874 |
| Author: | Helen Pilcher |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Welbeck |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 462g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 144mm x 34mm |
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About The Author
Helen Pilcher
Helen Pilcher is a tea-drinking, biscuit-nibbling science and comedy writer with a PhD in Neuroscience. Her recent popular science book, Life Changing - How Humans are Altering Life on Earth, was shortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation. Her debut book, Bring Back the King: the New Science of De-extinction, was selected as a BBC Radio 2 Fact Not Fiction Book Choice. It was described by comedian Sara Pascoe as ‘science at its funniest’.
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