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Small Inventions that Made a Big Difference

Small Inventions that Made a Big Difference

From Prehistory to the Present

by Helen Pilcher
Hardback
Publication Date: 02/11/2021
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Small inventions - modest yet essential, diminutive in size and humble in stature - are an essential component of every element of everyday life.

Fifty little objects of fascination, each concealing an unexpected history of innovation, are explored in Small Inventions that Made a Big Difference. From the ever-present (teabags) to the barely visible (ball bearings) and from the absolutely necessary (toilet paper) to the never-knew-you-needed-it (Post-its), science writer and comedian Helen Pilcher will guide you through the wonderful world of tiny examples of ingenuity.

ISBN:
9781787397873
9781787397873
Category:
Inventions & inventors
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
02-11-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Welbeck Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
216x135x32mm
Helen Pilcher

Helen Pilcher is a science writer and comedian, with a PhD in stem cell biology and years of stand-up comedy under her belt. Helen has worked as a freelance writer for the last 12 years, and she has written for the Guardian, New Scientist, BBC online, BBC Wildlife and Nature, for which she was formerly a reporter.

Helen's previous book for Bloomsbury Sigma, Bring Back the King, was Radio 2 'Fact not Fiction' book of the week; it was described by comedian Sara Pascoe as 'science at its funniest'.

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