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157 pages :

colour illustrations, maps.
Contents include: Tools -- Art and culture -- How the world works -- Transportation -- Exploration -- Building our world -- Everyday science -- Communication -- Healthcare -- Computers.
Summary: Professor Robert Winston takes you on a scientific journey through history to learn the stories behind humanity's great inventions and everything that science has given us. From the stone hand axe and the printing press, to transportation and medicine, learn how science has the power to change everything.