The Spark That Changed Everything: Stories of the Greatest Discoveries, Ideas and Inventions

by Veena Prasad

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 accidents have gone into shaping the world as we know it today. This book delves into science, history and every subject in between, revealing the stories behind the most significant breakthroughs that 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 other innovations in motion and why some great ideas are not necessarily 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.

172 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2019

About the author

Veena 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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Reviews

[GoGodzillaGoGo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was just amazing. It is about the evolution of humans. It all started with the first spark of fire. If fire had not been discovered we would living in a cave and eating raw meat and we would barely survive the real world. Glasses were made in Assyria(modern day Iraq), when an old man who was blind put a crystal near his eye and suddenly he was able to see again. But now moving onto the modern world we are trashing the world with plastic and soon enough the whole world will be covered in trashed. We need to figure out a way to stop trashing the earth with plastic or else the whole will be completely covered in plastic.

Did you know?: Our ancestor used to be completely lactose intolerant.

[Rajavardhan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An engrossing read. The author does know how to hold the reader's attention. It can be clearly seen a lot of research went into writing this. It is suitable for all ages, kids and adults alike. The language is crisp which makes it a breeze to read. A definite recommendation!