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Exactly who are the Brainwaves anyway?  They are the little people with big ideas who star in HOW NEARLY EVERYTHING WAS INVENTED.  This fascinating book takes a light-hearted look at over 300 of the world’s most important inventions, exploring the people who invented them, how they work, what came before and what followed after. 

Cleverly illustrated, this fun book shows how one idea leads to another and another and another, sometimes culminating in a mighty upheaval that forever changes our lives and the course of history.

Six double gatefolds in the book focus on major human inventions – such as the steam engine, the light bulb, the transistor and gunpowder – exploring how it inspired the development of numerous other inventions.  HOW NEARLY EVERYTHING WAS INVENTED also considers the wider consequences of inventions, and how some, have an enormous impact on society, causing a revolution in the way we live. 

A timeline places all the  inventions in historical context, bizarre inventions, fascinating firsts (such as the invention of the zipper), classic failures, and even what the future holds in store. This book is guaranteed to inspire you to start creating inventions of their own. Who knows? You might be the next Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison!