Eureka!

This sumptuously illustrated history of inventions has been a solid hardcover best-seller since its publication in 1974. Now the identical oversized paperback edition containing five hundred illustrations (more than half in full color) and many hundreds of fascinating, informative entries is available. Here in one place are all the great inventions - those from the distant past as well as those from the day before yesterday - explained by the foremost historians, scientists, and engineers, all leading authorities in their fields.