HOW NEARLY EVERYTHING WAS INVENTED

A lighthearted look at more than 300 of the world’s most important inventions, this fascinating book begins with six key inventions and explores the people who created them, the mechanics that make them work, and the ideas and innovations that inspired them. Illustrated with hilarious artwork teeming with tiny people (the Brainwaves!), How Nearly Everything Was Invented makes it easy to see how one crazy notion leads to another culminating in the remarkable technological revolutions that change our lives forever.