The Black Book The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Inventions
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
22.08.2026
Verlag
Hungry MindsSeitenzahl
316
Maße (L/B)
24/34.5 cm
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798999340344
The Black Book: The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Inventions is an illustrated book about inventions that almost changed the world - but didn't. It brings together unusual machines, ambitious prototypes, and strange engineering ideas that were once taken seriously: flying tanks, floating tunnels, collapsible aircraft carriers, armored vehicles, and other concepts that now feel almost fictional, even though they were real. The book looks at why these ideas appeared, what their inventors were trying to solve, how the inventions worked, and why they never became part of everyday life. Some were too expensive, some too complicated, some arrived too early, and some were simply too strange for their time. Rather than treating them as failures, the book presents them as part of the wider story of innovation. Many of these inventions reveal genuine imagination, technical skill, and a willingness to experiment at the edge of what seemed possible. Each invention is brought to life with detailed hand-drawn illustrations, based on patents, photographs, and historical references. The result is a book about engineering curiosity, forgotten ideas, and the strange beauty of things that almost existed.
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