The Inventor's Times

The Inventor's Times

Author: Dan Driscoll

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780439384742

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A chronological account of the world's inventions in a newspaper format, including bubble gum, the zipper, and the first video game.


The Greatest Inventors of All-Time

The Greatest Inventors of All-Time

Author: Charles E. Henderson Jr.

Publisher: Charles E. Henderson Jr.

Published: 2020-09-04

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13:

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The book called The Greatest Inventors of All-Time, is about the Inventors and their Inventions and how some of them got there patents that help change the world today. It's a mind blowing book that can inspire and educate about a lot Inventions that turned into businesses as of today. Most of these Inventions and the Inventors help grow and change the world to be a better place. This book shows how far the world has evolved in Inventions and Entrepreneurs.


The Picture History of Great Inventors

The Picture History of Great Inventors

Author: Gillian Clements

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780711216051

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An introduction to the great inventors of the world. Filled with facts both serious and comic, the book describes the lives and work of more than 50 major inventors, with illustrated references to hundreds more. A timeline provides a glimpse into the lives and times of each inventor.


What Color Is My World?

What Color Is My World?

Author: Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 0763664413

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people’s pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people’s lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more — inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter. Back matter includes an authors’ note and sources.


An Illustrated Timeline of Inventions and Inventors

An Illustrated Timeline of Inventions and Inventors

Author: Kremena T. Spengler

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1404870172

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Presents a timeline of inventions from the use of fire in prehistoric times to the iPad in 2010, with an emphasis on developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


Genius

Genius

Author: Deborah Kespert

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0500650438

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Takes 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.


Time: Great Inventions

Time: Great Inventions

Author: Editors of Time Magazine

Publisher: Time

Published: 2003-10-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781932273038

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rom the way we communicate....to the way we travel......from the way we entertain ourselves to the way we do business in every aspect of our lives....it is all so radically different from the time of our grandparents. Now, the editors of TIME tell the fascinating stories behind the most important innovations of the past 100 years, from computers, space shuttles, and cell phones, to zippers, Teflon and the Internet. Here is a celebration of ingenuity in every form, from the kitchen to the garage, from the multiplex to the mousepad. Here are intriguing portraits of the brilliant scientists, oddball inventors and shade-tree mechanics who created our modern world.


A History of Great Inventions

A History of Great Inventions

Author: James Dyson

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780786709038

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A handsome, lavishly illustrated volume celebrates the human genius for invention from the dawn of civilization to the beginning of the new millennium.


Black Inventors Who Changed History

Black Inventors Who Changed History

Author: Debra D. Rich

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2021-10-07

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1637642318

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Black Inventors Who Changed History 1800s–1900s By: Debra D. Rich African American scholar and historian Lerone Bennett Jr. once said, “If our children are to make history, they must first know their own history.” Deeply inspired by this sentiment, author Debra Rich set out to chronicle the lives of groundbreaking black inventors who have helped shape the world but who receive little credit or fame. With great talent and an unbreakable spirit, these African Americans overcame prejudice, poverty, violence, and hatred to create inventions we still use today. Finally, their stories must be told.


Inventors Who Changed the World

Inventors Who Changed the World

Author: Heidi Poelman

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2018-10-01

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13: 1641707585

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From the ranging curiosity of Leonardo da Vinci to the dedication and sacrifice of Marie Curie, Inventors Who Changed the World is a young child's first introduction to the brilliant people who taught us the meaning of perseverance and innovation. Simple text and adorable illustrations tell the contributions of nine renowned inventors from around the world: Cai Lun, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Grace Hopper, Johannes Gutenberg, and Louis Pasteur. Inspire your own little inventor with the words of these inventive heroes who changed the world.