
Impossible Inventions
ideas that shouldn't work
$29.40
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2017
Summary
Dreamers and Schemers: A Compendium of Impossible Inventions
When Leonardo da Vinci sketched ideas for the tank, car, helicopter, glider, parachute, submarine, lift, and telescope over 500 years ago, he was considered a dreamer, even crazy. Today, he is understood to be a genius ahead of his time.
This book collects ancient and modern inventions. Some are revolutionary, others comical, and still others were simply impossible. But each testifies to the extraordinary imaginati…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781776571703 |
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ISBN-10: | 1776571703 |
Author: | Malgorzata Mycielska, Aleksandra Mizielinska |
Publisher: | Gecko Press |
Imprint: | Gecko Press |
Format: | Hardcover |
Number of Pages: | 128 |
Release Date: | 1 December 2017 |
Weight: | 598g |
Dimensions: | 20mm x 256mm x 33mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Each invention is outlined with brilliant diagrammatic illustrations on a double-page spread, and the book puts each invention into a humorous context with a cartoon on the following page” – Book Trust“This brilliant book, which includes ideas ancient and modern, revolutionary and comical, is simply brimming with witty, richly coloured illustrations and concise, fully accessible descriptions and will hopefully inspire a new generation of youngsters to get inventing themselves!” – Lancashire Post“It’s a fun book. Sure it covers physics, mechanics, gases…but its not homework in disguise. Also, in typical Gecko Press fashion, Impossible Inventions is physically lovely, with paper you want to smush your cheeks against and colours you want to eat.” – The Sapling
“An amiable ramble past some of the quirkier highlights in the history of invention.”
– Kirkus ReviewsAbout The Author
Malgorzata Mycielska
Alexandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski are graduates of the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and founders of the Hipopotam Studio. They are authors of internationally recognized children’s books and creators of fonts, apps and websites. Their prize-winning book Maps was a worldwide bestseller.
Malgorzata Mycielska is an art historian, publisher and book editor.
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