Small inventions that made a big difference

Author(s)

• Pilcher, Helen

Bibliographic Information

Small inventions that made a big difference

Helen Pilcher

Welbeck, c2021

• : hbk.

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Pockets, matches, spectacles, postage stamps. Whether it's the stitches that hold our clothes together or the syringes that deliver life-saving vaccines, small things really do make a big difference. Yet these modest but essential components of everyday life are often overlooked. Science and comedy writer Helen Pilcher shares the unexpected stories of 50 humble innovations - from the accidental soldering of two bits of metal that created the pacemaker, to the eighteenth-century sea captain whose ingenious invention paved the way for the filming of Star Wars - and celebrates the joy of the small yet mighty.

Table of Contents

Pigment * flint (firestarter) * sewing needle * fish-hook * gnomon * brick * stirrup * pencil * tin cans * postage stamp * ball bearings * mail order catalogue * paperclip * safety pin * safety match * spark plug * zip * credit card * Velcro * tampon * teabag * button * toilet paper * condom * deodorant * sliced bread * keys * Penicillin * Post-it notes * and more.

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Details

• NCID: BC11046307
• ISBN:
  • 9781787397873
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 314 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 609
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Inventions -- Miscellanea
  • LCSH : Inventions -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Discoveries in science -- History -- Miscellanea