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Small inventions that make a big difference
1984

Book

Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.

Item Details

ISBN: 0870444980

Description: 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Notes:

  • Accompanied by "The patent game" (1 sheet [2] p. : col. ill. ; 75 x 49 cm. folded to 25 x 19 cm.).
  • Bibliography: page 101.

LCCN: 83023770

Control Number: 340238

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [1984]
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