The Spark That Changed Everything

Stories of the World's Greatest Discoveries,

Ideas and Inventions

First, they made fire.

With fire, they made food...

and later tools to cultivate more foo

With cultivation came homes...

which became societies and then civilizations.

And humans are still thinking of

extraordinary ideas every day!

Countless discoveries, ingenious inventions and lucky accidents have gone into shaping the world as we know it today. This book delves into science, history and every subject in between, revealing the stories behind the most significant breakthroughs that humans have made through the ages - from clothing, cartography and chemistry to music, maths and metallurgy.