Whose Bright Idea was That?: Great Firsts of World History by Matthew Richardson

Whose Bright Idea was That?: Great Firsts of World History

Matthew Richardson

434 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

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As this fascinating, witty, and surprising book reveals, we quite often attribute first in world history to the wrong people. Many "modern" ideas and inventions actually date back to ancient times. The use of steroids can be traced back to the Sun...

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