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Author: Peter J. James
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 702
ISBN-13: 0345401026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to ancient accomplishments and inventions unearths the origins of modern creations, including computers in ancient Greece, plastic surgery in India in the first century B.C., and a postal service in medieval Baghdad
Author: Rudyard Kipling
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 454
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Deborah Kespert
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2015-08-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0500650438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTakes young readers inside the lives and minds of the greatest inventors in history Genius! tells the stories behind the amazing inventions that helped shape our modern world. Young readers are introduced to the technologies developed by thinkers and inventors such as Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, Gutenberg, James Watt, the Wright brothers, and Tim Berners-Lee, and the creativity and determination behind their discoveries. The book is divided into five key thematic sections: Pioneers, Communication, Technology, Transport, and Into Space. Read about how the innovators who brought us today’s world of communications, the Internet, fast travel, space exploration, and entertainment faced challenges and dangers as they dared to create new machines and technologies. Combining lively, entertaining stories with well-illustrated information on the inventions and their implications, as well as an activities section with mini-experiments for the budding inventor, Genius! brings all the excitement of scientific invention alive for children growing up in an increasingly technology-oriented world.
Author: Richard Rhodes
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2012-08-07
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0307742954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes delivers a remarkable story of science history: how a ravishing film star and an avant-garde composer invented spread-spectrum radio, the technology that made wireless phones, GPS systems, and many other devices possible. Beginning at a Hollywood dinner table, Hedy's Folly tells a wild story of innovation that culminates in U.S. patent number 2,292,387 for a "secret communication system." Along the way Rhodes weaves together Hollywood’s golden era, the history of Vienna, 1920s Paris, weapons design, music, a tutorial on patent law and a brief treatise on transmission technology. Narrated with the rigor and charisma we've come to expect of Rhodes, it is a remarkable narrative adventure about spread-spectrum radio's genesis and unlikely amateur inventors collaborating to change the world.
Author: Angus Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-03-08
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1982135980
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A brilliant examination of literary invention through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, showing how writers created technical breakthroughs as sophisticated and significant as any in science, and in the process, engineered enhancements to the human heart and mind"--
Author: Ian Harrison
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781844031849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis encyclopedia of inventions provides the dates, the details and the stories of how we gained some of the things we now take for granted. Every possible invention is covered from the simple paperclip to the irritating parking meter.
Author: Laura Hetherington
Publisher: Cider Mill Press
Published: 2019-11-26
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 1732512647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Illustrated Histories of Everyday Inventions uncovers the fascinating, humorous, and often unbelievable origins behind the world's most overlooked innovations! Nobody knows the backstories behind our most taken-for-granted inventions, like credit cards, egg cartons, windshield wipers, and breakfast sandwiches! But the strange and wonderful origins of these inventions are far from ordinary: They are rooted in forgotten history. Inside this hardcover book, discover the extraordinary true stories of: The TOASTER actually the best thing before sliced bread The PASSPORT the original Facebook The TOOTHBRUSH so much more than bamboo + hog bristles The PIZZA SAVER no pie left behind since 1985 SLICED BREAD at first, no one wanted it And MANY, MANY MORE of history's most influential discoveries! Organized chronologically from 75,000 B.C. to today and illustrated with more than 200 pieces of original artwork, The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Inventions is as beautiful as it is entertaining and informative. Discover who invented BATHING, why some of the first-ever BEDS were naturally mosquito-repellant, how president Theodore Roosevelt's encounter with a black bear inspired the TEDDY BEAR, and why SELFIE STICKS might be older than you think!
Author: Maria de Icaza
Publisher: WIPO
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9280514318
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Inventions and Patents" is the first of WIPO's Learn from the past, create the future series of publications aimed at young students. This series was launched in recognition of the importance of children and young adults as the creators of our future.
Author: Steven Johnson
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2015-09-22
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1594633932
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a celebration of ideas: how they happen and their sometimes unintended results. Johnson shows how simple scientific breakthroughs have driven other discoveries through the network of ideas and innovations that made each finding possible. He traces important inventions through ancient and contemporary history, unlocking tales of unsung heroes and radical revolutions that changed the world and the way we live in it
