Means of Transport That Almost Changed the World

Realistic illustrations accompany the stories behind various more or less peculiar vehicles that were invented but in...
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Author: Tom Velcovsky
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Language: English
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Means of Transport That Almost Changed the World by Velcovsky, Tom

Means of Transport That Almost Changed the World

CHF 25.19

Means of Transport That Almost Changed the World

CHF 25.19
Author: Tom Velcovsky
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Realistic illustrations accompany the stories behind various more or less peculiar vehicles that were invented but in the end, they did not make the cut.

We all travel sometimes--by car, by public transport, or by plane. But there are some means of transport that we will never be able to use. Let's open this book and learn how come we don't travel in flying cars, why trains don't ride on a single rail, or why there are no life-size remote control cars.

You're about to be flooded with infamous ideas, prototypes, and crazy attempts at coming up with something new over the course of the last century. The means of transport presented in this book may have not led to a technological revolution but did help us progress. After all, people learn from their mistakes.



Author: Tom Velcovsky, Stepanka Sekaninova
Publisher: Albatros Media
Published: 07/04/2023
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.74h x 10.71w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9788000068459
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2023 pg. 46

About the Author
Tom Velcovsky is a graduate in Audiovisual Production from the Silesian University in Opava, Czechia, where he specialized in screenwriting and storyboards. Before switching to children's books and the making of comic strips, he worked in advertising.

Stepanka Sekaninova used to work as a TV reporter and in the production of children's programs. Now she is a writer and a editor-in-chief, living in the Czech Republic.

Martin Sodomka was born in 1968 and he studied at the Department of Industrial Design Management. His first job was as a design engineer. In 1993 he founded a graphics studio. In 2012 he published, at his own expense, How to Build a Car, the first book in the Technical Tales series; this book was inspired by his restoration of a classic car (1963 Skoda Octavia). This book became an immediate bestseller and was translated into ten languages. Martin Sodomka is married with two children.


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