A history of invention : from stone axes to silicon chips / Trevor I. Williams.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Checkmark Books, c2000.Edition: Updated & revised / by William E. Schaaf, Jr. with Arianne E. BurnetteDescription: 367 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 0816040729 :
- 609 21
- T15 .W718 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Profiles the history of invention from the first crude stone ax head to the latest achievements in biotechnology, including a biographical dictionary of the individuals responsible for these discoveries.