The team behind the bestselling Atlas Obscura presents a kids’
illustrated STEM-oriented exploration of the world’s most interesting
technologies, inventions, and scientific discoveries.
Following up on the New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the
World's Most Adventurous Kid, with more than 200,000 copies in print, here is a globespanning
history of invention like no other. This illustrated and STEM-oriented
exploration of the planet’s 50 most interesting inventions and scientific discoveries
sends middle-grade readers on an unforgettable trip around the planet and across
time.
Each spread focuses on a world-changing technology and how it led to or influenced
the tech or discovery on the next page. Starting with the very first invention, fire,
readers will spelunk the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa for evidence of humankind’s
earliest control of flames, then learn how fire is necessary to create another essential
tech: glass, including the modern-day glass bridge in Zhangjiajie, China, that offers a
crystal-clear (and terrifying!) view of the chasm 1,300 feet below.
As you gaze at comets through telescopes, create unbreakable codes, zap space
garbage with lasers, and break supersonic records in the world’s fastest car, gorgeously
illustrated scenes will transport readers across continents and centuries into a world of
wonder and discovery.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!