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Telescopes and clocks and trains- all big ideas from human brains!

From bridges and boats to medicines and mobile phones, this book takes readers on a journey of discovery through all the amazing inventions human beings have come up with. Learn how rocks and stones helped create the pyramids and how modern materials such as concrete and nylon have changed our lives.

Lively rhyming text by James Carter and electrifying illustrations by Margaux Carpentier

Once Upon a Big Idea: The Story of Inventions

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    A Hardback by James Carter, Margaux Carpentier

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      Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/04/2022
      ISBN13: 9781838913939, 978-1838913939
      ISBN10: 1838913939

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Telescopes and clocks and trains- all big ideas from human brains!

      From bridges and boats to medicines and mobile phones, this book takes readers on a journey of discovery through all the amazing inventions human beings have come up with. Learn how rocks and stones helped create the pyramids and how modern materials such as concrete and nylon have changed our lives.

      Lively rhyming text by James Carter and electrifying illustrations by Margaux Carpentier

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