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The Spark That Changed Everything: Stories of the Greatest Discoveries, Ideas and Inventions
First, they made fire. With fire, they made food… and later tools to cultivate more food. With cultivation came homes… which became societies and then civilizations. And humans are still thinking of extraordinary ideas every day!
Countless discoveries, ingenious inventions and lucky accidentshave gone into shaping the world as we know it today. Thisbook delves into science, history and every subject in between,revealing the stories behind the most significant breakthroughsthat humans have made through the ages – from clothing,cartography and chemistry to music, maths and metallurgy.
Find out who had the biggest brainwaves, how these set otherinnovations in motion and why some great ideas are notnecessarily good ideas!
Peppered with illustrations, photographs and fabulous facts, The Spark That Changed Everything is a lively and fascinating account of the marvels of human imagination and enterprise.
So what are you waiting for? Take a trip to our thrilling past and see how we got here.
Countless discoveries, ingenious inventions and lucky accidentshave gone into shaping the world as we know it today. Thisbook delves into science, history and every subject in between,revealing the stories behind the most significant breakthroughsthat humans have made through the ages – from clothing,cartography and chemistry to music, maths and metallurgy.
Find out who had the biggest brainwaves, how these set otherinnovations in motion and why some great ideas are notnecessarily good ideas!
Peppered with illustrations, photographs and fabulous facts, The Spark That Changed Everything is a lively and fascinating account of the marvels of human imagination and enterprise.
So what are you waiting for? Take a trip to our thrilling past and see how we got here.
188 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 30, 2019
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Veena Prasad
19 books4 followersVeena Prasad is a graduate engineer in Computer Science by education, She worked for a large software exporter in India for a few years, and then spent some wonderful years being a full time mom and has since been writing on a free lance basis. She lives in Bangalore with her husband and son, and creates crosswords in her spare time.
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January 22, 2020
Brahmagupta invented zero when he was counting his girlfriends on valentines day !
Veena Prasad
Well, that's not what she said. But she would have if that was even near the truth.
What she said was this.
The invention of zero made numbers powerful; not just mundane tokens for counting. Numbers now became an abstract entity entering the realm of imagination. This led to negative numbers and square roots. It led to the big bridges and handy laptops and, yes, to the nuclear bomb.
Veena Prasad has written an insightful book. About ideas that drove early man on his journey to become a modern man. Written in anecdotal form, it holds the interest of the readers till the end with dozens of facts that steered mankind to a totally new direction.
We see the schoolmarm in her style of writing. I myself would have been made to stand up on the bench for the slow pace of reading.
I wish this book had more resources. Many more heads contributing to bring it out in a bigger size and format. With a lot more images and photographs, and a font size that is easily accessible to the younger generation.
My other wish is she collaborates with a visionary movie production team to develop the book as a TV series. Much needed because the developing mind has mind-numbing programs today. History should be taught with a more DIY kind of approach and Veena Prasad is ready for that.
But until that happens, get a copy of this book, read it and pass it on to another - just don’t say I told you that.
Veena Prasad
Well, that's not what she said. But she would have if that was even near the truth.
What she said was this.
The invention of zero made numbers powerful; not just mundane tokens for counting. Numbers now became an abstract entity entering the realm of imagination. This led to negative numbers and square roots. It led to the big bridges and handy laptops and, yes, to the nuclear bomb.
Veena Prasad has written an insightful book. About ideas that drove early man on his journey to become a modern man. Written in anecdotal form, it holds the interest of the readers till the end with dozens of facts that steered mankind to a totally new direction.
We see the schoolmarm in her style of writing. I myself would have been made to stand up on the bench for the slow pace of reading.
I wish this book had more resources. Many more heads contributing to bring it out in a bigger size and format. With a lot more images and photographs, and a font size that is easily accessible to the younger generation.
My other wish is she collaborates with a visionary movie production team to develop the book as a TV series. Much needed because the developing mind has mind-numbing programs today. History should be taught with a more DIY kind of approach and Veena Prasad is ready for that.
But until that happens, get a copy of this book, read it and pass it on to another - just don’t say I told you that.
February 6, 2020
𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬... 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟
𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲!
Enlightening, informative and a quick read, "THE SPARK THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING" by @veena.rp is a collection of facts about some of the inspirational human discoveries.
The language and writing style used is enticing that stands the book out from other analytical and scientific books which are usually infused with technical and rigorous words. This one would be certainly a perfect read if you want a kid to get interested in scientific insights.
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Thanks to @hachette_india for the #gifted copy.✨
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬... 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟
𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲!
Enlightening, informative and a quick read, "THE SPARK THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING" by @veena.rp is a collection of facts about some of the inspirational human discoveries.
The language and writing style used is enticing that stands the book out from other analytical and scientific books which are usually infused with technical and rigorous words. This one would be certainly a perfect read if you want a kid to get interested in scientific insights.
.
Thanks to @hachette_india for the #gifted copy.✨
November 20, 2022
Absolutely loved it❣️
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