by Anne Rooney (Author)
Did you know that traffic lights existed before the car was invented? Or that you blink less often when looking at a computer screen? Or that children's author Roald Dahl invented a life-saving medical device? Explore the weird and wonderful world of machines and technology with 500 fantastic facts presented in a highly visual style.
Packed full of jaw-dropping facts and incredible graphics, from lawn mowers to space shuttles, this handy book is the perfect guide to technology for readers aged 8+.
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Anne Rooney writes on science and the history of science for children and adults. Her Dinosaur Atlas was shortlisted for the Royal Young People's Book Award 2018 and won the School Library Association Information Book Award (ages 7-12), 2018. She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, most recently at Newnham College, University of Cambridge. Her books have been translated into 22 languages.
Natalie Hughes is an illustrator with a love of nature and the mysteries of science. Nat gained a degree in Illustration from the University of Gloucestershire, and has since been published internationally.