Impossible Inventions

Ideas That Shouldn't Work

By: Aleksandra Mizielinska (Illustrator), Daniel Mizielinski (Illustrator), Malgorzata Mycielska

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Hardcover | 1 June 2018 | Edition Number 1

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Hardcover
128 Pages

Age
6+

Grade
1 - 2

Dimensions(cm)
1.5 x 25.8 x 20.8

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A funky and fascinating collection of ideas, patents, and plans.

When Leonardo da Vinci, over five hundred years ago, invented the tank, car, helicopter, glider, parachute, submarine, elevator, and telescope, he was considered a dreamer. Or even crazy. Today he is understood to be a genius, ahead of his time.

This book collects ancient and modern inventions. Some are revolutionary, others comical, others simply impossible. But each testifies to the extraordinary imagination of its inventor. You'll find a flying bicycle, a bubble telegraph, passenger clouds and passenger birds, mechanical chess players, a water clock, a concentration hood, and many more incredible ideas.

About the Author

Alexandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski are graduates of the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and founders of the Hipopotam Studio. They are authors of internationally recognized children's books and creators of fonts, apps and websites. Their prize-winning book Maps was a worldwide bestseller. Malgorzata Mycielska is an art historian, publisher and book editor.

Industry Reviews

"Each invention is outlined with brilliant diagrammatic illustrations on a double-page spread, and the book puts each invention into a humorous context with a cartoon on the following page" -- Book Trust
"This brilliant book, which includes ideas ancient and modern, revolutionary and comical, is simply brimming with witty, richly coloured illustrations and concise, fully accessible descriptions and will hopefully inspire a new generation of youngsters to get inventing themselves!" -- Lancashire Post
"It's a fun book. Sure it covers physics, mechanics, gases...but its not homework in disguise. Also, in typical Gecko Press fashion, Impossible Inventions is physically lovely, with paper you want to smush your cheeks against and colours you want to eat." -- The Sapling

"An amiable ramble past some of the quirkier highlights in the history of invention."

-- Kirkus Reviews

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