A curated, illustrated collection of the best examples of human achievements and discoveries in history

Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children's books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. His book, The Colours of History, won the Blue Peter Book Awards' Best Book With Facts. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee. Clive's official website can be found at www.clivegifford.co.uk

• 1: Creative curiosity
• 1: Ancient tools
• 1: Ancient Chinese inventions
• 1: Printing press
• 1: Clocks
• 1: Steam engines
• 1: Locomotives
• 1: Bicycles
• 1: Computers
• 1: Plastics
• 1: Motor cars
• 1: Electric light
• 1: Telephone
• 1: Sound recording
• 1: Cinema
• 1: Heavier-than-air aircraft
• 1: New materials
• 1: Global positioning system
• 1: Lasers
• 1: Robots
• 1: World wide web
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Further information
• 1: Index