James May's 20th Century: How men in sheds have changed our lives - Rilegato

May, James; Dolling, Phil

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ISBN 10: 0340950900 ISBN 13: 9780340950906

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007

Riassunto

Our world has been transformed beyond recognition, particularly in the 20th century, and so were our lives and our aspirations. Throughout James May's Magnificent Machines, James May explores the iconic themes of the past hundred years: flight, space travel, television, mechanized war, medicine, computers, electronic music, skyscrapers, electronic espionage, and much more. But he also reveals the hidden story behind why some inventions like the zeppelin, the hovercraft, or the theremin struggled to make their mark. He examines the tipping points when technologies such as the car or the internet became unstoppable and gets up close to the nuts and bolt of remarkable inventions. Packed with surprising statistics and intriguing facts, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to know how stuff works and why some stuff didn't make it.

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0340950900
• ISBN 13: 9780340950906
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 294