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9780761360988

Were Early Computers Really the Size of a School Bus?: And Other Questions About Inventions

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761360988

  • ISBN10:

    0761360980

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-01-01
  • Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $26.65

Summary

Was the steam engine really invented to suck water out of flooded mines? Was the first computer really the size of a room? Is it true that the inventor of Velcro was inspired by something stuck in his dog's hair? Find out if these and other commonly held beliefs about inventions are fact or purely fiction.

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