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A survey of inventions throughout history, from the wheel to virtual-reality games, this is fun to browse through, for young & old alike. Diagrams of the inventions, along with commentary about how they affected life in their time period, are included. Salk's vaccine is part of the chapter covering the 1950s. Timeline, glossary, & index. Part of the Timelines series.Peter Turvey is the author of 'Inventions: Inventors & Ingenious Ideas (Timelines)' with ISBN 9780531143087 and ISBN 0531143082.
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