GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN INVENTIONS

96pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cambridge, 2010

Achievements of South African inventors and innovators from ancient times to today, including rooibos tea, Pratley Putty, the Tellurometer, the Cryoprobe, dolos, Computicket, Jetmaster, Creepy Krauly, Nando's and Cybertracker.

Mike Bruton's books include Curious notions, reflections of an imagineer; Harambee, the spirit of innovation in Africa and The Annotated Old Fourlegs. He served as Director of the JLB Smith Institute of Ischtyology and as Education Director of the Two Oceans Aquarium. Now retired, he runs a consultancy company, "Mike Bruton Imagineering".