- Genre:history
- Sub-genre:Americas
- Language:English
- Pages:272
- Hardcover ISBN:9798350914191
Book details
Overview
Did you ever wonder why the light comes on when you flip the switch? Why does your car roll so smoothly after you start the engine? How did the Egyptians move the huge stones to the pyramids? What was the Corvette before a car? What's first, Magma or Lava? How were the Saturn 5 Rocket and the balance of today's NASA launchings transported from the assembly building to the launch pad 3.5 to 4.2 miles away? What famous lady became the adopted daughter of Sitting Bull? 7,000 years ago a component surfaced that relates to all of the above. That component is still with us and we rely on it every day, otherwise Mankind would stilll be in the "Dark Ages.
Description
"If Not For This" reveals events that occurred during the Evolution of the Industrial Revolutions. From the Sumerians who invented "The Wheel" to make pottery. 5,000 years ago to "Buzz and Neil's Moon Landing" in the twentieth century, these were two Earth-Shanking accomplishments. Mankind has cornered the market for Discoveries, Inventions, and Innovations. Names like Jethro Tull, inventor of the "Wheat Seed Drill". Without this concept today, we might be finger-planting corn fields. Two men, Best and Holt built an empire with the "Name of an Insect". Were Farris and Clark angry when they decided to "Frack"? What "Science does 10W40" come under? Professor H. Peter Jost knows. That Slippery Devil! There are 38 pages of photographs that reveal the common thread that weaves all of these subjects together.