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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Expanded and revised, this new edition of the best-selling book celebrates the ingenious inventions of women throughout time. As inspiring as they are fascinating, these stories empower readers to imagine, to question, to experiment, and then to go forth ... and invent.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The author explores the beginnings of Edison's genius from his boyhood delight in mixing chemicals, sometimes with explosive results, to this disastrous time in school, even his early career as a twelve-year old businessman. He celebrates the imagination and stick-to-itiveness of the man who is America's greatest inventor and entrepreneur.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
From his humble boyhood as a farmer's son, selling newspapers on trains, reading through public libraries shelf by shelf, and dreaming of new inventions, Thomas Edison went on to create the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World's Fair to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted from...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Inventors don't just discover things that have always been there but have gone unnoticed; they create things that are entirely new. They see a need for something and then work away until they find the solution. However, not all inventions are totally original. Some take an inventon that isn't working very well and improve upon it until it works properly and is useful. An invention that noboby wants soon gets forgotten, while other inventions change...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Meet the man behind the board games: Milton Bradley. Born in Maine in 1836, Milton Bradley moved with his family to the working-class city of Lowell, Massachusetts, at age 11. His early life consisted of several highs and lows, from graduating high school and attending Harvard to getting laid off and losing his first wife. These experiences gave Bradley the idea for his first board game: The Checkered Game of Life. He produced and sold Life across...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"With magnificent dioramic illustrations, Gilbert Ford captures the joy, creativity, and determination behind the invention of an iconic, one-of-a-kind toy: the Slinky! One day, a spring fell from the desk of Richard James, an engineer and a dreamer. Its coils took a walk...and so did Richard's imagination. He knew right away that he had stumbled onto something marvelous. With the help of his wife, Betty, Richard took this ordinary spring and turned...
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