This book identifies the major firsts in various fields : Science, sport, society, philosophy, finance, food, literature, law, music, medicine, inventions, religions, politics, war and many others. The only complete reference of its kind, this book will amaze and delight with its myriad insights into human progress. As this fascinating, witty and surprising book reveals, we quite often attribute firsts in world history to the wrong people. Many 'modern' ideas and ...
