Invention - Eyewitness Books Author:Lionel Bender Full-color photos. The evolution of human civilization is traced through the tools people have devised to shape and improve the world--from the simple abacus to timekeeping items, telephones, and complex silicon chips.
A very detailed and informative photo-filled book on inventions. They include: the wheel, metalworking, weights, pens and inks, lighting, timekeeping, optical inventions, photography, batteries, radio, plastics, the silicon chip, etc.