Author(s): Ian Harrison

Coffee Table Books

The Book of Inventions is a painstakingly researched encyclopaedia of inventions. It provides the dates, the details and the stories of how many of the things we now take for granted came into being. Every possible invention is covered from the simple paper clip to the infuriating parking meter to the massive and complicated structure of the jet engine.

Packed with colourful images, the book includes lots of interesting facts, photographs, and details. Timelines showing the chronology of events and biographies of the amazing inventors provide complete portraits of the evolution of some of the most integral elements of our lives today.