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James May's Magnificent Machines: How Men in Sheds Have Changed Our Lives

By (author): James May
By (author): Phil Dolling
Published by: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Publication date: 15/May/2008
Format: Paperback - 352 pages
ISBN-10: 0340950927
ISBN-13: 9780340950920
Categories:
> Inventions & Technology: General Interest

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Our world has been transformed beyond recognition, particularly in the twentieth century, and so were our lives and our aspirations. Throughout JAMES MAY'S MAGNIFICENT MACHINES James May explores the iconic themes of the past hundred years: flight, space travel, television, mechanised war, medicine, computers, electronic music, skyscrapers, electronic espionage and much more. But he also reveals the hidden story behind why some inventions like the Zeppelin, the hovercraft or the Theremin struggled to make their mark. He examines the tipping points -- when technologies such as the car or the internet became unstoppable -- and gets up closeto thenuts and bolt of remarkable inventions. Packed with surprising statistics and intriguing facts, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to know how stuff works and why some stuff didn't make it.

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Packed with surprising statistics and intriguing facts, this is the ideal book foranyone who wants to know how stuff works and why some stuff didn't make...