A history of invention : from stone axes to silicon chips /
Trevor I. Williams.
- Updated & revised / by William E. Schaaf, Jr. with Arianne E. Burnette.
- New York : Checkmark Books, c2000.
- 367 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
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.