{"product_id":"invented-in-scotland-scottish-ingenuity-and-invention-throughout-the-ages-9781841585666","title":"Invented in Scotland: Scottish Ingenuity and Invention Throughout the Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the home  on the road  in business  the classroom  sport  finance  medicine  farming  travel  crime and war  Scottish inventors have truly revolutionised the modern world. In this lavishly illustrated account  Allan Burnett examines the life and works of a host of remarkable individuals whose inventions propelled humanity out of fumbling darkness and into a brighter future  allowing us to work faster  build better  travel further and live longer. His account includes such luminaries as John Logie Baird  James Clerk Maxwell  Alexander Graham Bell  John Napier  Adam Smith  James Naismith  James Young Simpson  Thomas Telford  James Anderson  Allan Pinkerton and many more. In a fascinating story  Allan Burnett reveals how these characters changed the world with a diverse range of inventions  varying from the electric clock  television  refrigerator and telephone to fizzy drinks  bicycles  encyclopaedias  computers  decimals points  anaesthesia  detective agencies  vaccines  and a myriad of other innovations.Invented in Scotland explains how great ideas and theories were turned into real practical innovations that revolutionised our everyday lives and the struggle of these remarkable people to create products  machines  systems and gadgets that infinitely broadened mankinds horizons. The lives of Scotlands inventors have been at turns awesome  shocking  sad and hilarious. Their ambitions were achieved sometimes against huge odds and in circumstances of immense personal hardship. Often the competition in their field was fierce  even dangerous. Invented in Scotland brings these characters to life through informative and entertaining prose  taking readers on a thrilling journey of discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648171696181,"sku":"ByrdShop_1841585661","price":107.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781841585666.jpg?v=1781711495","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/invented-in-scotland-scottish-ingenuity-and-invention-throughout-the-ages-9781841585666","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}