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How We Got to Now (Adapted for Young Readers)
by Steven Johnson
Ages: 12+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Viking/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-425-28778-1
Keywords: HIstory of science, Inventions
Advances in glass technology, sound, light, and temperature control, sanitation, and timekeeping tell a story of change in European and North American life. Adapted from adult edition. Archival photographs and prints.