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Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference

Helen Pilcher

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English
WELBECK
02 November 2021
Pockets, matches, spectacles, postage stamps.

Whether it's the stitches that hold our clothes together or the syringes that deliver life-saving vaccines, small things really do make a big difference. Yet these modest but essential components of everyday life are often overlooked.

Science and comedy writer Helen Pilcher shares the unexpected stories of 50 humble innovations

from the accidental soldering of two bits of metal that created the pacemaker, to the eighteenth-century sea captain whose ingenious invention paved the way for the filming of Star Wars

and celebrates the joy of the small yet mighty.

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Imprint:   WELBECK
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 218mm,  Width: 144mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   460g
ISBN:   9781787397873
ISBN 10:   1787397874
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Pigment - flint (firestarter) - sewing needle - fish-hook - gnomon - brick - stirrup - pencil - tin cans - postage stamp - ball bearings - mail order catalogue - paperclip - safety pin - safety match - spark plug - zip - credit card - Velcro - tampon - teabag - button - toilet paper - condom - deodorant - sliced bread - keys - Penicillin - Post-it notes - and more.

Helen Pilcher is a science writer, presenter and comedian. Her popular science books includeLife Changing - How Humans are Altering Life on Earth, which was shortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Writing Prize for Global Conservation. Her debut,Bring Back the King: the New Science of De-extinction, was BBC Radio 2 Fact not Fiction book of the week. It was described by comedian Sara Pascoe as 'science at its funniest.' Helen lives in Warwickshire, UK.

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