Made in Britain: The Men and Women Who Shaped the Modern World

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  1. Duhman

    Duhman Платон

    Sykes Adrian
    Made in Britain: The Men and Women Who Shaped the Modern World

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    Издательство: Random House, Inc.
    Жанр: Random House, Inc.

    Качество: Хорошее
    Страниц: 616
    Формат: pdf, fb2, epub

    From the end of the last Ice Age (10,000 years ago) to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, Adrian Sykes narrates the history and achievements of these islands, their inhabitants and their origins, through the stories of some 3000+ men and women who have shaped not just our history but the modern world. The story is interspersed with countless inventions, deeds of daring do and wickednesses, as well as the origins of innumerable words and phrases, often surprisingly early, from Nosey Parker — Elizabeth I of her Archbishop of Canterbury, to mayonnaise — the battle of Mahon, which the victorious French admiral celebrated by inventing mayonnaise and after which we hanged Admiral Byng who lost it to encourage the others, as Voltaire put it. Sykes astonishes on every page, whether with the origin of everyday phrases or nursery rhymes or the countless inventions of the British, from the lead pencil (1568), the tin can, the bicycle, screw propeller and jet engine to DNA, LCD crystals, cement, the electric kettle, the vacuum cleaner and Marmite. Beautifully illustrated and with maps of exceptional clarity, this is a book hard to put down in which you learn something very surprising on every page.
     

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  2. Crypton

    Crypton Платон В.

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  3. Duhman

    Duhman Платон

    Всегда рад помочь.
     

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    Karlos-SEO Георгий

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