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  • The Real World of Victorian Steampunk (Paperback / softback)
    Webb, Simon
    Explores the fantastic and little-known inventions which ...
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  • How We Got to Now (Hardback)
    Steven Johnson
    How did the advent of refrigeration help create the golde...
  • David Coles, Peter Sherrard
    Had it not been for the vital contributions of the four m...
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Paperback / softback)
    William Kamkwamba, Bryan ...
    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIW...
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  • Sarah Horne
    Discover the world of biomimicry - how scientists, engine...
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  • Nature's Wild Ideas (Paperback / softback)
    Kristy Hamilton
    When astronomers wanted a telescope that could capture X-...
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  • Laura Bee, Anita Ganeri
    Discover how women have shaped the world in this inspirin...
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  • Marsden Haddock and the Androides (Paperback / softback)
    Neil Cronin
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  • Papyrus (Paperback / softback)
    Irene Vallejo
    An enthralling 6,000-year journey through the history of ...
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  • John J. Geoghegan, Eric M...
    A humorous look back over 50 inventions that should never...
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  • The ALMA Telescope (Paperback / softback)
    Paul A. Vanden Bout, Rober...
    This is an insiders' account of the ALMA mega-project, fr...
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  • Two Wheels Good (Paperback / softback)
    Jody Rosen
    A toy, a tool, a liberator, or complete nuisance: the bic...
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  • Alison D. Stegert
    dreams of becoming a top inventor like her father.
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  • Our Final Invention (Paperback / softback)
    James Barrat
    An urgent study of the history, science and existential d...
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  • The Things We Make (Hardback)
    Bill Hammack
    For millennia, humans have used one simple method to solv...
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  • The Greatest Invention (Paperback / softback)
    Silvia Ferrara, Todd Port...
    A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and...
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  • LEGO Heroes (Hardback)
    Graham Hancock
    Meet twelve visionary builders from around the globe who ...
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  • James Ashton
    A gripping look at the rise of the microchip and the Brit...
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