发明的故事（英文版）

In order to survive, human beings made full use of their wisdom and invented the first dress, the first rope, the first bridge, the first bowl, etc. The invention has further expanded the functions of basic organs such as human hands, feet, mouth, eyes and ears. The use of sticks makes the power of human hands more effective. With the help of wheels, people can "walk" faster, and with the help of aircraft, human bodies can be pulled into the air... How can human beings go from simple inventions to inventions of machinery and construction? What about building houses and inventing airplanes? This book will talk about the creation of these miracles.

发明者为了更好的生存与发展等实质性的问题，从此拥有独立思考的系统，从此运用智慧，不断完善和进步，向未知捣鼓挑战，加以好奇-捣鼓-发明-成果-普及，使它们成为人所皆知的常识和必需品。于是我们拥有了第一件衣服、第一座桥、第一辆车等等。发明者使我们的手、脚、嘴、眼、耳等基本器官的功能得到更进一步扩大，使用工具使人手的力量变得更有效了，借助车轮使人们走得更快，有了房子、车子、建筑、甚至借助飞行器可以上天和到外太空。无论是为了解发明基本历史的读本还是满足好奇心，作者对于这一切现在我们觉得平常无奇，前人觉得奇迹的发明娓娓道来确实是一本比较不错的读物。

To augment the power of human hand, containers, weapons and tools were invented by some genius we don't know. Horse'back, bridge, ship, vhiecle, flight are substitutes for human feet. Cloth, house for skin. Letter, newspaper, telephone, picture for mouth. Spectacles and glasses for eyes.

"scatterbrain" -- I cant keep thought when I read this book, cuz too many old words used. it comes from 1928 amost 100 years ago. All the things was changed but be a Historian, Van Loon told us something throught his spicial angle that explained how the ordinary people made miracle for mankind and how to use their bodies to created new things. Finally form barbarism to civilization.