Whose Bright Idea Was That?: Great Firsts of World History

by Matthew Richardson

As this fascinating, witty, and surprising book reveals, we quite often attribute first in world history to the wrong people. Many "modern" ideas and inventions actually date back to ancient times.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568362560
• ISBN13: 9781568362564
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Who REALLY invented or discovered that?

This book can really make you think again when you feel you really know who invented what and who explored what first. This book goes through dozens of subject areas throughout history and tells the truth about who is really behind the inventions and discoveries. Also, each key entry is bolded in the margin for easy searching.