From the first crude stone tools used by mantwo-and-a-half million years ago up to the early medieval period, this eye-opening journey through human innovations draws on modern science and the latest research to explore some of history's most fascinating inventions. Beginning with the basic technologies of stone and fire, bone and wood, the survey moves on to answer such fundamental questions as "How and where did agriculture evolve?" and"How did Romans and others heat and plumb their dwellings?"This unique guide to some of humanity's most remarkable inventionsis a testimony to the brilliant ingenuity and opportunism of human creativity.Desde los primeros instrumentos de piedrahasta la era temprana medieval, esta aventura inusual a travez de las innovaciones humanas se base en la ciencia moderna y las investigaciones mas recientes para explorar las invenciones mas fascinantes de la humanidad. Comenzando con las tecnologias basicas de la piedra, el fuego, el hueso y la madera, este libro tambien se explora preguntas fundamentales como " Como y donde surgio la agricultura?" y " Como instalaron calefaccion y tuberia en sus hogares los Romanos? "Esta guia unica de las invenciones mas notables es un testimonio a la brillante ingenuidad y el oportunismo de la creatividad humana."
- ISBN:
- 9788498010558
- 9788498010558
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Category:
- Ancient history: to c 500 CE
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
-
01-03-2007
- Language:
- Spanish
- Publisher:
- Blume
- Country of origin:
- Spain
- Dimensions (mm):
- 273.05x215.9x33.02mm
- Weight:
- 1.59kg
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