这本精美的视觉指南探索和说明了各个时代最伟大的发明、想法和发现，并介绍了它们的发明者。**批发明——从火、石器和轮子到犁和纸——塑造了人类社会，孕育了强大的闻名和帝国，如古希腊、古罗马和古中国。在接下来的几个世纪中，新发明层出不穷，如工业革命时期瓦特发明的蒸汽机、20世纪初亨利•福特发明的汽车装配线、莱特兄弟的飞行器、托马斯•爱迪生的灯泡，和约翰•罗杰•贝尔德发明的电视机，还有许多许多。读一读时间更近一些的在数字改革时期那些划时代意义的时刻，如Tim Berners-Lee开发的**个网站，机器人技术在工业和家庭中越来越多的运用。《儿童发明百科全书》揭露了那些世界上最聪明的人发明的那些重要而古怪装置和产品。

This stunning visual guide explores and explains the greatest inventions, ideas, and discoveries throughout the ages, and introduces their inventors.

Discover the first inventions, from fire, stone tools, and the wheel to ploughs and paper, that shaped societies and grew mighty civilizations and empires such as those in ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and ancient China.

In the centuries that followed, "Eureka" moments abounded, with James Watt's steam engine during the Industrial Revolution, Henry Ford's car assembly line at the start of the 20th century, the Wright brothers' flying machines, Thomas Edison's light bulb, John Logie Baird's television, and so much more.

Read about more recent, era-defining moments during the Digital Revolution, such as the first website developed by Tim Berners-Lee, and the growth in the use of robotics in industry and at home.

Inventions A Children's Encyclopedia reveals the stories behind crucial and quirky contraptions, products of the world's most brilliant minds.