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Author Wilkinson, Philip, 1955-

Title Science & power : innovations in technology / Philip Wilkinson & Michael Pollard ; illustrations by Robert Ingpen
Published Limpsfield, Surrey : Dragon's World Children's Books, 1994

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Description 93 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Series Ideas and inventions
Ideas and inventions
Summary Looks throughout history at discoveries in the fields of science and technology, and discusses how the ideas and inventions which were developed changed people's lives. Examples include scientific farming, metal building frames, medical breakthroughs, machine power, natural power, and plastics. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary
Analysis Inventions History
Inventions History
Notes "Simplified text and captions by Michael Pollard based on the Encyclopedia of ideas that changed the world, by Robert Ingpen and Philip Wilkinson"--T.p. verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience 008-011
Subject Agricultural innovations -- Juvenile literature.
Agricultural innovations.
Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Medical innovations -- Juvenile literature.
Medical innovations.
Technological innovations.
Technology -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Technology.
Inventions -- History.
Technology -- History.
Author Ingpen, Robert, 1936-
Ingpen, Robert, 1936- Encyclopedia of ideas that changed the world
Pollard, Michael, 1931-
ISBN 1850282811
Other Titles Science and power