When were postage stamps introduced? Which city first used traffic lights? Who invented the pop-up toaster? The answers to these questions and many more are packed within the pages of Pockets: Inventions.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A fun little collection of trivia,
By kairosguy "Mr. O" (Eastern, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inventions (Pocket Guides) (Paperback)
This book is teeny, so you can't expect it to be full of footnotes and in-depth detail. But it does a nice job in each little area, starting with some ancient invention or concept and showing in a few short pages how that idea has developed. For instance, taking a segment at random, one on entertainment begins with ancient music, then moves to instruments, then to the phonograph, then radio, then projection of images and to movies. It has lots of little random facts, and though someone knowledgeable in a given area could quibble over the choices, the point is, you will probably learn a little something in each area that you might not have known. You might make a connection you hadn't made. Or, you might be bored an need to move to another section. Think of this book as a jumping off point. If you are an aspiring inventor, you could do worse than review 5 or 6 sections in here before you sit down to your work each day. It's far from perfect, but it's worth a look.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not enough information,
By Rob Walker (Oh USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inventions (Pocket Guides) (Paperback)
This book had very little information. This could have been because it was so small. It had Different categories of inventions (i.e.: travel, communication, entertainment), and each category got two to four pages. There would be about 5 or less inventions in each category, each being described with a few sentences. At the beginning of every section, there would be an introduction, full of obvious statements (Travel: As people began to travel, inventions to make travel faster and easier were made.) If you were going to write a report on an invention, 3 sentences wouldn't be enough information. If you have deep pockets, the book is indeed pocket sized, but I don't know why you'd waste a pocket on this book.
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