Overview

How much should you pay for a return trip to the moon? How are Winnie the Pooh and the artificial heart related? Did teenagers exist before 1950? If not, who invented them? James May's 20th Century answers all these questions and more. In this exclusive download released to tie-in with the BBC TV series, James May explores the iconic themes of the century: flight, space travel, television, mechanised war, medicine, computers, electronic music, skyscrapers, electronic espionage, and much more. But he also reveals the hidden story behind why some inventions like the Zeppelin, the motorcycle side car, or the Theremin struggled to make their mark. He examines the tipping points when technologies such as the car or the internet became unstoppable and gets up close by looking at the nuts and bolt of remarkable inventions. Packed with surprising statistics and intriguing facts, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to know how stuff works and why some stuff didn't make it.

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Author:   James May
Publisher:   Hodder & Stoughton General Division (Digital)
Imprint:   Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books
Edition:   Unabridged
Dimensions:   Width: 10.80cm , Height: 31.70cm , Length: 1.70cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9781844566518

ISBN 10:   184456651
Publication Date:   06 September 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Downloadable audio file
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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James May is a writer, broadcaster and co-host of Top Gear on BBC2. He writes a weekly column in the Daily Telegraph and has presented series for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky.

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