Contents 1
Introduction 1
1 Tigers 1
2 The Boyhood ofPablo Picasso 7
3 Crocodiles 13
4 Electric Motors 19
5 Johnny Haynes—Captain of England 24
6 Phoenecian Traders in Britain 30
7 The Flying Fool 37
8 The Night the Martians Landed 46
9 The Panama Canal 56
10 Potatoes 62
11 A Visit to Copenhagen 70
12 How to Make Contact with Life on Other Planets 77
13 Galileo 86
14 The Volta River Project 96
15 The Beginning of Money 105
16 Schools in England and Wales 111