Flight from Icarus to Space Ship One

An at-a-glance guide to the key planes and flying machines that have made history. This is an illustrated history of flight – from the pioneer aviators to the complex computer-controlled machines of today – offering readers a vast store of information at their fingertips. The Brainpower Series explores the ingenuity of the human mind through the ages, and the way that ideas and technology have influenced historical events. Stunning illustrated throughout, and with a clear text, covering important inventions and ideas from the first stone axe to genetic engineering and the internet – not forgetting the 2,400,000 years in between! Descriptions of the lives of great inventors and famous people. This series provides a perfect introduction to the main events and dates in history, in a sequence which is easily understood.