They laughed at Galileo
Jack, Albert2015
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From the wireless to the computer, and from hula hoops to interplanetary travel, inventions and discoveries have changed our lifestyles in ways that would have astounded our ancestors. Each of them was originally developed by visionaries who dreamt of the seemingly impossible, but who were opposed by an array of experts publicly declaring that 'it cannot be done'. Well, yes it could ... and here's the story of how those dreamers overcame the odds against them.
Main title:
They laughed at Galileo / Albert Jack.
Author:
Jack, Albert, author
Imprint:
London : Constable, 2015.
Collation:
xvii, 251 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781472116642 (hbk)
Dewey class:
609.22609.22609
LC class:
T15
Local class:
609.22
Language:
English
BRN:
704123
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