SCIENCE - Inventions

Part project book and part theory-based companion this book is the definitive illustrated guide to the design and construction of these wheeled marvels. Variously called a soapbox, buggy, trolley, cart, and bogie, the billy cart has been a favoured transportation system of kids of all ages for the last eighty years. The book includes the history of racing, construction basics, instructions for a basic cart, and ideas for customising your cart. There are ten designs for more advanced carts. With step-by-step instructions, diagrams ... read more

This WOW title focuses on concepts which have changed the world, from money to religion, from votes for women to reading your stars. Packed with facts, figures and fantastic photos from the Science Museum, it is written in a chatty, colloquial tone - a brilliant book for learning about ideas.