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104) Ben Franklin: America's original entrepreneur : Franklin's autobiography adapted for modern times
Author
Publisher
Entrepreneur Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish--fins and all. This fictional account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led Ben to even more innovations and inventions. Curiosity, experimentation, and originality filled Ben's life from an early age. His inventions and innovations affected not only his world...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring...
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Beulah Louise Henry, a girl with a knack for problem-solving who grew up to be a world-famous inventor, in this captivating picture book biography. When Beulah Louise Henry spotted a problem, she fixated on it until, AHA! She had a hunch. That's what Beulah called the inventions she came up with to solve the problems she saw all around her. Beulah's brain worked differently. She had hyperphantasia, which meant she saw things in extreme detail...
Author
Publisher
Race Point Publishing, a member of Quarto Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong. Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. For years, the engineering genius was relegated to relative obscurity, his contributions to humanity (we are told) obscured by a number of nineteenth-century inventors and industrialists who took credit for his work or stole his patents outright. In recent years, the historical record has been "corrected" and Tesla has...
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