Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:
• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover
• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket
• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name/notes inside
Cover art:
Blurb: “Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and diagrams
Edited and with an Introduction by
Maurice Daumas
Curator, Museum of the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, Paris, France
Everyone is aware that without the wheel there could be no civilization as we know it.
But when in man's history was it invented?
How did it come about? What technological developments occurred before the wheel?
Although the exact origins of these first implements will never be known, the vast amount of material recently discovered by archaeologists and anthropologists has provided us with many exciting new insights into the fascinating history of technological devel-opment. Utilizing all the latest research, some of the most distinguished experts in the field have collaborated in writing A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INVENTION: PROGRESS THROUGH THE AGES. Divided into four vol-umes, this set of books is probably the most ambitious project of its kind ever undertaken.
Every phase of technological development, from implements predating written history up to modern times, is thoroughly examined, while inventions are related to the historical background of the society in which they ap-peared. Both the inventors themselves and the techniques they developed are discussed in detail, and hundreds of pictures, drawings, and diagrams clarify and illustrate every subject.”