Advanced Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide to Inventing the World Selected

This illustrated and STEM-oriented exploration of the planet’s 50 most interesting inventions and scientific discoveries sends middle-grade readers on an unforgettable trip around the planet and across time. Each spread focuses on a world-changing technology and how it led to or influenced the tech or discovery on the next page. Starting with the very first invention, fire, readers will spelunk the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa for evidence of humankind’s earliest control of flames, then learn how fire is necessary to create another essential tech: glass, including the modern-day glass bridge in Zhangjiajie, China, that a crystal-clear (and terrifying!) view of the chasm 1,300 feet below.by Dylan Thuras(Author),Jennifer Swanson(Author),Ruby Fresson(Illustrator)Age 8-12