100 Inventions That Made History by Tracey Turner

A lively, illustrated survey of one hundred inventions that transformed human life, tracing developments from early tools and technologies through to modern breakthroughs; each short entry explains what the invention is, where and when it emerged (and who is credited when known), why it mattered, and how it altered daily life, society, economy or culture, using clear, accessible language, timelines, diagrams and curious facts to show how successive ideas built the world we live in.