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.
- ISBN10 1787397874
- ISBN13 9781787397873
- Publish Date 19 August 2021
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Welbeck Publishing Group
- Imprint Welbeck
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English