The World’s First Rollercoaster: and Other Amazing Inventions
- ISBN10: 1800783728
- ISBN13: 9781800783720
- Author: Mike Barfield
- Illustrator: Franziska Höllbacher
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Published: 11/04/2024
Blue Peter Award-winner Mike Barfield tells the fascinating true stories behind an amazing range of inventions and innovations.
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Did you know that bubblewrap started life as a new type of wallpaper that didn't catch on?! Or that Lonnie Johnson invented the Nerf Super Soaker while working on a NASA mission to Saturn?
Blue Peter Award-winner Mike Barfield tells the fascinating true stories behind an amazing range of inventions and innovations. From bubblewrap to the barcode, from pizza to post-its, from trainers to the teddy bear! The story of each invention is told in a lively comic-strip format, and we meet the colourful cast of characters involved in these light-bulb moments which changed the world in big or tiny ways.
An irresistible way into science and technology with a dash of history, from the brilliant Mike Barfield, author of A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You which won the 2021 Blue Peter Award for a Book With Facts.