Book description
Adam Hart-Davis, one of the nations favourite TV presenters, returns
to our screens with a tour through the Top Ten developments of each of
the great civilisations of the past. From the Egyptians to the Romans,
Babylonians to the Arabs, Adam takes us on an epic history of the
world, looking at some of the great legacies left to us by ancient
cultures.
What the Past Did For Us accompanies a major 9-part new format
autumn show, in which Adam is the anchorman who leads us through the
history of inventions while testing some of these in the studio.
The accompanying book is an entertainingly written history of
ancient cultures, capturing Adams enthusiasm for the subject. Adam
tells the story of the Chinese inventors who came up with the mariners
compass, paper money and gunpowder right through to the Ancient
Indians who, according to Einstein taught us how to count as well as
giving us the 12-month calendar year and 7-day week.
