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Title details for From Here to There by Vivian Kirkfield - Available

From Here to There

Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves

by Vivian Kirkfield
Gilbert Ford
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In a time when people believed flying was impossible, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier proved that the sky wasn't the limit. When most thought horseback was the only way to race, Bertha and Karl Benz fired up their engines. From the invention of the bicycle and the passenger steam locomotive to the first liquid-fuel propelled rocket and industrial robot, inventors across the world have redefined travel. Informative and celebratory, this collective biography tells the story of the experiments, failures, and successes of visionaries who changed the way the world moves.

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  • Release date

    February 18, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666545890
      • File size: 32879 KB
      • Duration: 01:08:29

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Pete Cross narrates with clarity and precision, assuming just the right pace for this fascinating audiobook on the meaning of navigation. His style lets the information speak for itself, illuminating the complex science. The result is an audiobook that sounds authoritative as Bond addresses human navigation, way finding, and the positives and negatives of getting lost, doing so in a way that is well documented and convincing. This audiobook has useful insights: If you are lost, stay put. And frustrating facts: GPS gives location but takes away navigational skills. Cross also tells harrowing stories like that of Geraldine Largay, who in 2013 got lost and died when she wandered off the Appalachian Trail in Maine. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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