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Platt, Richard

Eureka!: Great Inventions and How They Happened

96 pp. | Kingfisher | October, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-7534-5580-3 $$18.95
(3) 4-6 With laudable understanding and style, Platt documents moments of insight that led to several dozen well-selected inventions relating to everyday life and health, transportation, electricity, and other technologies. Each section features an inventor and invention; captioned illustrations such as photos, diagrams, paintings; and short paragraphs noteworthy for their succinctness and ability to capture interest. A chronology of inventors is appended. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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