Author Unknown Additional authorMorelli, Gianni Publisher WS White Star Publishers (2018) Language(eng) English ISBN9788854413184 SeriesUnknown EditionUnknown SubjectTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; NoteUnknown AbstractWhat would life be like without cars, refrigerators, the Internet, or the omnipresent smartphone? Learn about the discovery of the most important inventions that have influenced the contemporary world, from the end of the nineteenth century to our own time. They include innovations in technology, such as alternating current, plastic, and the robot; communications (cameras, radio, cinema); medicine, from aspirin and penicillin to x-rays and the pacemaker; and transportation. See what secrets and events led to their creation and meet the exceptional figures who conceived them.

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