The Smithsonian Book of Invention - Tapa dura

Very good copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 256 pages; Description: 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Subject: Inventions -- History. Technology -- History. Inventions. Notes: Stated 1st Edition. Contents: Pt. 1. The Yankee perspective --pt. 2. Origins of invention --pt. 3. Engines of technology --pt. 4. Revolutions of science --pt. 5. The reach of industry --pt. 6. The impact of innovation --pt. 7. The summons of the future. High technology. Neglected riches of nature.