Plato's Alarm Clock: And Other Amazing Ancient Inventions

by James M. Russell

Book Overview

We all like to think we are pretty smart. New medical advances seem to come along every day; space travel suddenly doesn't seem so difficult; self-driving cars are no longer a thing of the future . . . but if we were stranded on a desert island tomorrow, most of us wouldn't know how to catch a fish or start a fire, let alone rebuild all that extraordinary technology we now rely on. The truth is that we're not necessarily more clever than our ancestors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178243934X
• ISBN13: 9781782439349
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"