The Big Book of Celebrity Inventions - Hardcover

Champkins, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007362765 ISBN 13: 9780007362769

Verlag: Harper, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Ever wanted to see Harry Hill’s nuts? Fancy a cuppa with Karl Pilkington and his Clippable Coasters? Ever wondered how Michael Jackson defied gravity with his dance moves? Then read on!

Our nation’s best-loved celebrities, from Jamie Oliver to Harry Hill, the Stig to Sherrie Hewson, Karl Pilkington to Peter Jones, Ruby Wax and beyond, have been scratching their heads to come up with logic-defying, bizarre and random inventions to improve our lives.

From shrink rays to teleporters, foldable skis to airbags for clothes and a vacuum-cleaner that sucks away your wrinkles, you’ll be amazed by what these celebs have been dreaming up in their spare time!

The Big Book of Celebrity Inventions offers a fascinating, hilarious and utterly unique look at the extraordinary business of inventing, seen through the eyes of our favourite stars.

And there are even ones that work! For example:

• Did you know that Margaret Thatcher invented soft-scoop ice cream?
• That Prince invented a space-age musical keyboard?
• Or that Roald Dahl helped advances in neurosurgery?

From the ridiculous to the sublime and those that fail magnificently, one thing’s for certain: The Big Book of Celebrity Inventions is the ultimate celebration of oddness, originality and ingenuity, sure to fascinate, baffle and inspire you!

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Champkins is a former British Inventor of the Year and currently runs Concentrate, a small business that designs and manufactures products to help children to focus in the classroom and get the most from their education. In 2010 he was appointed the Science Museum’s Inventor in Residence.

In 2007 mark successfully pitched Concentrate on BBC Dragons’ Den and won investment from Peter Jones.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Harper
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0007362765
• ISBN 13: 9780007362769
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: HarperCollins Publishers UK; exportenquiries@harpercollins.co.uk; ; Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irland