50 colorful portraits of the most famous inventors along with their biographies. More than 150 inventions that changed the world. Accompanying texts that briefly present each invention.

Meet the 50 greatest inventors, their unique discoveries, and their amazing stories from ancient times to the present day.

Did you know that:

• The world's first seismometer was invented in China in 132 AD.
• What the "aerohydraulic" or "Leonardo's helicopter" is.
• Galileo was the first to observe the craters, mountains, and plains on the surface of the Moon with a telescope of his own design.
• The great Napoleon was the first to use the balloon in military operations, at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794.
• Charles Babbage is known as the father of the computer.
• Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) sold its first car in 1892.
• The first phonograph was constructed in 1877.
• The first efficient steam engine was built in 1712, known as the Newcomen Steam Engine.
• Tesla was recognized as the inventor of the radio in 1955.
• Tim Berners-Lee invented the Enquire program, the precursor to the World Wide Web.