How we got to now : six innovations that made the modern world
(2018)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/303.483/JOHNSON,S

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction J/303.483/JOHNSON,S Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : VIKING, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018
©2018
EDITION
[Young Readers edition]
DESCRIPTION

152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780425287781, 0425287785 :, 0425287785, 9780425287798, 0425287793, 9780425287781
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Glass -- Cold -- Sound -- Clean -- Time -- Light

"A Young Readers adaptation of the New York Times Bestselling book where author, Steven Johnson, walks readers through the history and impact of six inventions that influence the modern world. His fascinating account is organized into six topics: glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light. Johnson's fresh exploration of these simple, single-syllable word concepts creates an endlessly absorbing story that moves from lightning strikes in the prehistoric desert to the herculean effort to literally raise up the city of Chicago to laser labs straight out of a sci-fi movie. In other words, it's the story of how we got to now!"--

Ages 10+

Grades 4 to 6

1150L

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