What the British Invented - From the Great to the Downright Bonkers

A history of discovery from the great to the downright bonkers. Contains fun facts, boxout sections and illustrations of the inventions.

About the author

Gilly Pickup is a journalist and author. She writes about travel and cruise, wellbeing, food, health, history, art and culture, wildlife, arts, gardens and the paranormal for publications such as the Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, The Scotsman, Woman's Own, Discover Britain, My Weekly and Sainsbury's Magazine. Extracts of her work are available at www.gillypickup.co.uk. She is also the author of The A-Z of Curious London.

Summary

A fun history of some of Britain's weird and wonderful inventions

Product details

• Authors: Gilly Pickup
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781445650272
• ISBN: 978-1-4456-5027-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 201 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology