Who invented lipsticks? What is an EKG? What were flintnappers? How did the spinning jenny get it name? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in 1001 Inventions that Changed the World, an enthralling guide to some of the world's best-technological advances. Authoritatively written by a team of historians, scientists, designers and anthropologists, this book is nothing less than an alternative history of the world-through inventions.