A small girl playing caves found Ice Age paintings over 17,000 years old.
Radioactivity first revealed itself on a cloudy day in Paris – in a desk drawer.
Peering into rainwater puddles, a curious linen-draper discovered the invisible world of living creatures that surround us.
A feast of weird and wonderful facts about discoveries.
A Science Museum Book of Amazing Facts
Illustrated by Tim Archbold
[published by Hodder Children’s Books]
The inventors of the first robot were put on trial for witchcraft.
The first electric light bulbs needed a health warning: ‘Do not try and light with a match.’
The first working television was made from a knitting needle, the lid of a hatbox, an electric fan motor, and torch batteries, all put together on top of an old tea-chest.
A feast of weird and wonderful facts about inventions …
A Science Museum Book of Amazing Facts
Illustrated by Ross Collins
[published by Hodder Children’s Books]
The first air passengers were a sheep, a duck and a cock, who sailed up in a hot air balloon, watched by the King of France.
An American inventor has designed a bike with 54 speeds, 5 computers, a security system, a speech synthesizer, and a telephone.
In 1838 the fast journey across the Atlantic (by steamship) took 15 days. Nowadays, planes can fly it in a few hours.
A feast of weird and wonderful facts about transport
A Science Museum Book of Amazing Facts
Illustrated by Tim Archbold
[published by Hodder Children’s Books]