Small inventions that make a big difference /
photographs by Joseph H. Bailey ; art by John Huehnergarth.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1984.
- Summary
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Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.
- Note
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Accompanied by "The patent game" (1 sheet [2] p. : col. ill. ; 75 x 49 cm. folded to 25 x 19 cm.) ; and by "Far-out-fun!" (1 sheet : col. ill. ;folded to 24 x 18 cm.).
- Physical Description
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104 p. :
ill. (some col.) ;
28 cm.
- ISBN
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0870444980 :
0870445030 (lib. bdg.) :
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