Helps you discover the inventions that helped in shaping the world that we know. In this book, each profile explores key inventions in depth, while gallery spreads bring together the major inventions in a particular area.

Meet the people who helped shape the world we know today. In this title, inventors and explorers rub shoulders with political leaders, sports stars, and entertainers. From Marco Polo to Marie Curie via Pele, it lets you meet the people that have changed our world and discover how they did it.