Inventors and Discoverers: Changing Our World – First Edition, 1988

Inventors and Discoverers: Changing Our World, edited by Elizabeth L. Newhouse and published by the National Geographic Society, is a richly illustrated look at the people whose ideas, inventions, and discoveries helped transform everyday life and reshape history.

Published in 1988 as a First Edition, this volume explores influential figures from science, technology, medicine, exploration, transportation, communication, and industry. National Geographic’s photographs, illustrations, maps, and clear explanatory text help bring each subject to life while showing how individual breakthroughs contributed to broader social and technological change.

A strong choice for readers interested in history, science, invention, biography, and educational reference books. It also makes an attractive addition to a collection of vintage National Geographic books or illustrated nonfiction.

Hardcover, Very Good. Gilt-edged pages and ribbon attached