Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference

Pilcher, Helen

ISBN 10: 1787397874 / ISBN 13: 9781787397873

Published by Welbeck, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Small Inventions That Made a Big Difference
• Publisher: Welbeck
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787397874
• ISBN 13: 9781787397873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 460 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Helen Pilcher is a tea-drinking, biscuit-nibbling science and comedy writer with a PhD in Neuroscience. Her recent popular science book, Life Changing - How Humans are Altering Life on Earth, was shortlisted for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation. Her debut book, Bring Back the King: the New Science of De-extinction, was selected as a BBC Radio 2 Fact Not Fiction Book Choice. It was described by comedian Sara Pascoe as "science at its funniest".