1,000 Inventions & Discoveries [Hardcover]

Roger Bridgman (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Fire was discovered about 600,000 BC. Today, scientists are making strides in genetic engineering. Find out what happened in between in 1,000 Inventions and Discoveries. Fascinating stories and vivid photographs and illustrations tell the tales of the developments in technology and natural science that have shaped our world. Profiles of the famous (and not-so-famous) men and women who have had "Eureka!" moments, a running timeline which puts the inventions and discoveries in historical context, and feature boxes highlighting key topics make this chronologically ordered volume a must-have for school and home learning.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic combine in a trio of brain-teasing titles. From stone tools to the cotton gin to cloned sheep, 1000 Inventions & Discoveries by Roger Bridgman surveys life-changing breakthroughs. Starting in 3,000,000 B.C., the each chapter covers a distinct historical period, offering tightly constructed chunks of information alongside more in-depth explanations. A timeline along the bottom of each spread fills in details. The book is produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Ages 8-up.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-9-Instantly recognizable as a DK production, this book contains numerous entries on a variety of scientific discoveries and inventions. Encyclopedic in style, it is profusely illustrated and attractive. Its graphics convey a lot of the information and help compensate for the brevity of the text. The topics are presented at a rate of approximately five per page; therefore, the treatments are rather superficial. A small number of them are better developed within separate boxes, while occasional longer entries go into more detail, covering two full pages. The arrangement is chronological, and some entries include cross-references to related areas. A running time line along the bottom of the pages lists historical and cultural events happening at the same time as the scientific events. This book is larger and includes more entries than typical "Eyewitness" titles, but provides generally less information per entry. It is, however, an enjoyable source that makes clear the chronological relationships among the major developments of scientific progress.
Jeffrey A. French, Euclid Public Library, OH
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN; 1st edition (August 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789488264
• ISBN-13: 978-0789488268
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,416,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book, April 22, 2005

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Christin (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1,000 Inventions & Discoveries (Hardcover)

It is very easy to read, has plenty of illustrations/pictures. There is soooo much information in this book, I recommend it highly, even for adults.

I bought this book in order to learn where certain inventions and discoveries came from.

It starts out explaining stone tools (c 3,000,000 BC), the use of fire and continues on throughout time. It ends in 2001 with self-cleaning glass invention.

I had to laugh at the first walkman (do young people know what that is?) in 1979.

I was amazed at all the things we take for granted, when they were actually discovered, how and so forth. I recommend this book to anybody that is curious about when and what was invented/discovered.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The pictures & illustration is great, August 5, 2006

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Azm - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1,000 Inventions & Discoveries (Hardcover)

Pictures & illustration makes this book more entertains to read although someone can suggest other encyclopedia that gives more information than this book, but for me, it doesn't matter how much or complete the information but how much information reader can get from this book... if you want more complete information you can go further with multi-volume encyclopedia like Britannica or simply using internet to google many information regarding any great invention and discoveries in human kinds. (eg Wikipedia, etc)

IMHO, this book is suitable for any level, adults or children, but may be the content is only for leisure reading, not for complete & formal educational purposes, it may wrong to state this book have a complete reference about human inventions but for me it contains 'enough inventions' to be known by us.

Lastly, I really enjoyed reading this book. Just my 2 cent :)
p/s: sorry for any bad English as it is not my mother tongue.

4 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What about 'Discoveries and Inventions' from India, March 22, 2003

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Kailash Nath (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1,000 Inventions & Discoveries (Hardcover)

Many nice pictures but the title of this book may have reflected its contents better if it had been '1000 Inventions and Discoveries from mainly Europe, China, Egypt and the Middle East'. Although it mentions discoveries from 3,000,000 BC, there is practically no mention of any significant discovery from India. The thousands of potential readers of Indian origin and those who know about the great discoveries India has contributed to the world may not appreciate such an 'oversight'. ...