James May's 20th Century Audiobook by James May, Phil Dolling

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/38/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: James May's 20th Century Author: James May, Phil Dolling Narrator: James May Format: Abridged Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins Language: English Release date: 08-20-07 Publisher: Hodder Headline Limited Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 155 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: In this exclusive download released to tie-in with the BBC TV series, James May explores the iconic themes of the century: flight, space travel, television, mechanised war, medicine, computers, electronic music, skyscrapers, electronic espionage, and much more. But he also reveals the hidden story behind why some inventions like the Zeppelin, the motorcycle side car, or the Theremin struggled to make their mark. He examines the tipping points when technologies such as the car or the internet became unstoppable and gets up close by looking at the nuts and bolt of remarkable inventions. Packed with surprising statistics and intriguing facts, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to know how stuff works and why some stuff didn't make it.