The book of origins: discover the amazing origins of the clothes we wear, the food we eat, thepeople we know, the languages we speak, and the things we use /
Homer, Trevor.
The book of origins: discover the amazing origins of the clothes we wear, the food we eat, thepeople we know, the languages we speak, and the things we use / Trevor Homer. - New York : Plume, c2007 - xii, 307 p. : ill. 21 cm.
A Plume book Originally published: London: Portrait, 2006.
Discusses how and when things began, where they came from, and why they started. Celebrates the works of explorers, scientists, and inventors, pioneers who wanted to go further than anyone had gone before them - people who wanted to know how the world works and ended up discovering or inventing something that had no one ever seen before.
9780452288324
Civilization
Handbook, vade-mecums, etc.--Miscellanea.
AG 106 / .H752 2007
The book of origins: discover the amazing origins of the clothes we wear, the food we eat, thepeople we know, the languages we speak, and the things we use / Trevor Homer. - New York : Plume, c2007 - xii, 307 p. : ill. 21 cm.
A Plume book Originally published: London: Portrait, 2006.
Discusses how and when things began, where they came from, and why they started. Celebrates the works of explorers, scientists, and inventors, pioneers who wanted to go further than anyone had gone before them - people who wanted to know how the world works and ended up discovering or inventing something that had no one ever seen before.
9780452288324
Civilization
Handbook, vade-mecums, etc.--Miscellanea.
AG 106 / .H752 2007
