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101 Things You Wish You'd Invented

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Toilet paper. Morse code. The X-ray. Which do YOU think is the best invention… and which one would you make do without? Which do you wish YOU’D invented… and which do you wish no-one had? From glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil and the unforgettable banana suitcase, this cheeky, hilarious book reveals the roots of the world’s greatest (and weirdest) inventions, and shows you how civilisation’s greatest minds came to dream them up. Eureka!

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