Small inventions that make a big difference / photographs by Joseph H. Bailey ; art by John Huehnergarth.
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TextSeries: Books for world explorersPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1984.Description: 104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN: - 0870444980 :
- 0870445030 (lib. bdg.) :
- 19
- T212 .S63 1984
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Accompanied by "The patent game" (1 sheet [2] p. : col. ill. ; 75 x 49 cm. folded to 25 x 19 cm.).
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 101.
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.