Publication

2017 - Viking, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

30,750 words, Guess

Page Count

123 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10045147645X
  • ISBN-139780451476456
  • Better World BooksP6-ABT-536
  • Better World Books9780451476456
  • Better World Books000-ABB-159
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC629.0409
  • LCCTA1149.N49 2017

Alternate Titles

  • Story of how we transport ourselves and everything else

Description

Since humans first stood upright, we've been on the move. Need food? Water? Land? A place to live? Survival depends upon motion. For thousands of years, people have devised ways to move faster, farther, and more comfortably. Their inventions shoes, skis, the rudder, the wheel, engines, rockets have had an enormous impact on how and where human beings live and thrive.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Invention & impact -- 2

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