內容簡介
Take an extraordinary journey through the discoveries that have transformed our world, and our lives, forever.
What would life be like without cars, refrigerators, the Internet, or
the omnipresent smartphone? Learn about the discovery of the most
important inventions that have influenced the contemporary world, from
the end of the nineteenth century to our own time. They include
innovations in technology, such as alternating current, plastic, and the
robot; communications (cameras, radio, cinema); medicine, from aspirin
and penicillin to x-rays and the pacemaker; and transportation. See what
secrets and events led to their creation and meet the exceptional
figures who conceived them.
