What would we be without inventions? Without electric light, refrigerators, bicycles, airplanes, can openers, or adhesive bandages? We encounter inventions in our daily lives at every turn; our modern world is unimaginable without them. In this volume of the series with the owl, young readers will not only learn about significant inventions and the brilliant people who developed them, but they will also discover how they can become explorers and inventors themselves. From hand axes to space rockets, nature as a source of inspiration, important inventions and great inventors, with a plan and a system: What defines inventors, has everything already been invented? Learn to invent: Use your creativity and become an inventor yourself! Bonus: A big invention quiz.