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Title: 100 LOCAL HEROES
By: Adam Hart-Davis
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0750923733
ISBN 13: 9780750923736
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Publisher: THE HISTORY PRESS LTD
Pub. date: 22 July, 1999
Edition: Revised edition
Pages: 416
Description: Adam Hart-Davis here presents the best of British heroes: brilliant and often eccentric pioneers of science, invention and technology.
Synopsis: For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length and breadth of Britain, bringing to life in his TV series, "Local Heroes", pioneers of science, invention and technology. This book presents 100 of the best stories: ingenious or odd, different or daft, but always entertaining.
Publication: UK
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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