by Peter James, Nick Thorpe · Random House Publishing Group · tapa dura · ISBN 9780345364760
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«Ancient Inventions» is the historical essay by Peter James and Nick Thorpe, published by Random House Publishing Group in hardcover (672 pages, in English).
A popular-science tour of inventions ahead of their time: steam engines in classical Greece, Roman fire-fighting systems, Aztec chewing gum, earthquake detectors in China, batteries in Iraq, prehistoric cranial surgery, and medieval grenades. The authors argue that human inventiveness is not a monopoly of the modern world.
Published in 1994, the work includes a bibliography (pages 622-651) and an index; the cover bears the subtitle «Wonders of the Past!».
For fans of the history of technology and popular science who enjoy curiosities and concrete examples of ancient ingenuity.
James Peter Quinn was an Australian portrait painter born in Melbourne.
