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Fifty things you should know about inventions Inventions 50 inventions 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits Spine title: Inventions Contents: On the move -- Bicycles -- Hot-air balloons -- Steam locomotives -- Internal combustion engines -- Motor cars -- Early aircraft -- Jet engines -- Submarines -- Rockets -- Satellites -- Manned spacecraft -- Around the home -- Central heating -- Flushing toilets -- Frozen food -- Microwave ovens -- Vacuum cleaners -- Ballpoint pens -- Light bulbs -- Fastners -- Communication -- Printing press -- Braille -- Telegraph -- Radio -- Telephones -- Computers -- The Internet -- World Wide Web -- Inventions at work -- Batteries -- Dynamite -- Electromagnets -- Steam turbines -- Plastics -- Transistors -- Lasers -- Robots -- Zooming in -- Seeing inside the body -- Lifesavers -- That's entertainment -- Moving pictures -- Sound recording -- Television -- Trampolines -- Snowboards -- Video games -- Inventing the future - Who's who? -- Great inventors -- Glossary Summary: Discover the stories behind the world's most important inventions, from everyday essentials to major scientific discoveries. Find out how inventors made dramatic breathroughs in everything from batteries and microchips to magnetism and rocket power. Packed with facts, illustrations, infographics and photos, this is the perfect introduction to inventions. (Back cover)