Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060872454
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Inventions can be big, like roller coasters, or small, like crayons. And inventors can be scientists or athletes or even boys and girls! It's hard to imagine life without Popsicles, basketball, or Band-Aids, but they all started with just one person and a little imagination. With sixteen original poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Julia Sarcone-Roach's imaginative artwork, Incredible Inventions celebrates creativity that comes in all shapes and sizes. What will you invent today?
Incredible Inventions
Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060872454
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Inventions can be big, like roller coasters, or small, like crayons. And inventors can be scientists or athletes or even boys and girls! It's hard to imagine life without Popsicles, basketball, or Band-Aids, but they all started with just one person and a little imagination. With sixteen original poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Julia Sarcone-Roach's imaginative artwork, Incredible Inventions celebrates creativity that comes in all shapes and sizes. What will you invent today?
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060872454
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Inventions can be big, like roller coasters, or small, like crayons. And inventors can be scientists or athletes or even boys and girls! It's hard to imagine life without Popsicles, basketball, or Band-Aids, but they all started with just one person and a little imagination. With sixteen original poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Julia Sarcone-Roach's imaginative artwork, Incredible Inventions celebrates creativity that comes in all shapes and sizes. What will you invent today?
Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women
Author: Aitziber Lopez
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN: 178603705X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Discover the stories behind 15 of the twentieth century's key inventions in this fun and informative treasury of trailblazing women, who each made a unique contribution to the history of science and technology. Car heaters…Monopoly…Disposable diapers…The dishwasher…Kevlar…Maritime flares… Anti-reflective glass…Wifi…Syringes…Submarine periscopes…Diagnostic tests…Lifeboats…Windshield wipers…Ebooks…What do each of these revolutionary inventions have in common? They were all pioneered by women! Each brilliant idea is presented with biographical information about the brilliant woman who came up with it, including what inspired them. Learn how Martha Coston disguised herself as a man to contact pyrotechnicians and convince them to manufacture her idea for maritime flares, how a New York tram ride on a wet winter’s day led Mary Anderson to invent the windshield wiper, and why Letitia Mumford Geer’s one-hand operated syringe was a medical breakthrough, among other fascinating facts. Full-page illustrations show the inspiration for and use of these incredible inventions in humorous detail. From lifeboat-inventor, Maria Beasley, to the grandmother of the ebook, Ángela Ruiz Robles, each of the inspiring women in this book achieved their goal of leaving the world a better place than they found it.
Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN: 178603705X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Discover the stories behind 15 of the twentieth century's key inventions in this fun and informative treasury of trailblazing women, who each made a unique contribution to the history of science and technology. Car heaters…Monopoly…Disposable diapers…The dishwasher…Kevlar…Maritime flares… Anti-reflective glass…Wifi…Syringes…Submarine periscopes…Diagnostic tests…Lifeboats…Windshield wipers…Ebooks…What do each of these revolutionary inventions have in common? They were all pioneered by women! Each brilliant idea is presented with biographical information about the brilliant woman who came up with it, including what inspired them. Learn how Martha Coston disguised herself as a man to contact pyrotechnicians and convince them to manufacture her idea for maritime flares, how a New York tram ride on a wet winter’s day led Mary Anderson to invent the windshield wiper, and why Letitia Mumford Geer’s one-hand operated syringe was a medical breakthrough, among other fascinating facts. Full-page illustrations show the inspiration for and use of these incredible inventions in humorous detail. From lifeboat-inventor, Maria Beasley, to the grandmother of the ebook, Ángela Ruiz Robles, each of the inspiring women in this book achieved their goal of leaving the world a better place than they found it.
10 Amazing Inventions
Author: Jack Goldstein
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1782344977
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
In this entertaining eBooklet, renowned deep thinkers Jimmy Russell and Jack Goldstein discuss the ten greatest inventions they believe humankind has ever seen, using their own unique perspectives on the world in which we live. The result is an entertaining read, and - being careful to distinguish between inventions and discoveries - many readers may be surprised at what appears on the list and what does not. Informative, fun and vaguely educational, this is a great title which will create debate and discussion.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1782344977
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
In this entertaining eBooklet, renowned deep thinkers Jimmy Russell and Jack Goldstein discuss the ten greatest inventions they believe humankind has ever seen, using their own unique perspectives on the world in which we live. The result is an entertaining read, and - being careful to distinguish between inventions and discoveries - many readers may be surprised at what appears on the list and what does not. Informative, fun and vaguely educational, this is a great title which will create debate and discussion.
Genius Communication Inventions
Author: Matt Turner
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1512432105
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"From codes and signals to social media, communication inventions advance the ways we interact with one another. Humorous text follows these inventions throughout history, showing how one invention often led to another--or how some inventions didn't turn out so well."--
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1512432105
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"From codes and signals to social media, communication inventions advance the ways we interact with one another. Humorous text follows these inventions throughout history, showing how one invention often led to another--or how some inventions didn't turn out so well."--
Suppressed and Incredible Inventions
Author: John Freeman
Publisher: Health Research Books
ISBN: 9780787310912
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher: Health Research Books
ISBN: 9780787310912
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A Wizard from the Start
Author: Don Brown
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547488165
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
A wizard from the start, Thomas Edison had a thirst for knowledge, taste for mischief, and hunger for discovery—but his success was made possible by his boundless energy. At age fourteen he coined his personal motto: “The More to do, the more to be done,” and then went out and did: picking up skills and knowledge at every turn. When learning about things that existed wasn't enough, he dreamed up new inventions to improve the world. From humble beginnings as a farmer’s son, selling newspapers on trains and reading through public libraries shelf by shelf, Tom began his inventing career as a boy and became a legend as a man.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547488165
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
A wizard from the start, Thomas Edison had a thirst for knowledge, taste for mischief, and hunger for discovery—but his success was made possible by his boundless energy. At age fourteen he coined his personal motto: “The More to do, the more to be done,” and then went out and did: picking up skills and knowledge at every turn. When learning about things that existed wasn't enough, he dreamed up new inventions to improve the world. From humble beginnings as a farmer’s son, selling newspapers on trains and reading through public libraries shelf by shelf, Tom began his inventing career as a boy and became a legend as a man.
Incredible Inventions
Author: Nick Griffiths
Publisher: World Book
ISBN: 9780716617389
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Uses color photographs and text to present interesting facts about inventions, looking at some common items such as popsicles, Barbie dolls, and Coca-Cola.
Publisher: World Book
ISBN: 9780716617389
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Uses color photographs and text to present interesting facts about inventions, looking at some common items such as popsicles, Barbie dolls, and Coca-Cola.
Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions
Author: Maxine Anderson
Publisher: Nomad Press
ISBN: 1936749157
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers to the life, world, and incredible mind of Leonardo da Vinci through hands-on building projects that explore his invention ideas. Most of Leonardo's inventions were never made in his lifetime—they remained sketches in his famous notebooks. Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself shows you how to bring these ideas to life using common household supplies. Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project combine with historical facts and anecdotes, biographies and trivia about the real-life models for each project. Together they give kids a first-hand look into the amazing mind of one the world’s greatest inventors.
Publisher: Nomad Press
ISBN: 1936749157
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers to the life, world, and incredible mind of Leonardo da Vinci through hands-on building projects that explore his invention ideas. Most of Leonardo's inventions were never made in his lifetime—they remained sketches in his famous notebooks. Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself shows you how to bring these ideas to life using common household supplies. Detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating each project combine with historical facts and anecdotes, biographies and trivia about the real-life models for each project. Together they give kids a first-hand look into the amazing mind of one the world’s greatest inventors.
Beastly Bionics
Author: Jennifer Swanson
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 142633673X
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Discover more than 40 examples of technology influenced by animals, meet some of the scientists and the story behind their inventions, and learn about some of the incredible creatures who have inspired multiple creation
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 142633673X
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Discover more than 40 examples of technology influenced by animals, meet some of the scientists and the story behind their inventions, and learn about some of the incredible creatures who have inspired multiple creation
Ideas That Changed the World
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756672643
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Ideas that Changed the World combines the quality and breadth of a modern design museum with the high standards of a DK reference title. We don't just show you what's ground-breaking about a space suit, we explain its place in history and space exploration, and the other inventions it has influenced. Readers will be struck with wonder by each item and sense the excitement that so many discoveries inspire.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0756672643
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Ideas that Changed the World combines the quality and breadth of a modern design museum with the high standards of a DK reference title. We don't just show you what's ground-breaking about a space suit, we explain its place in history and space exploration, and the other inventions it has influenced. Readers will be struck with wonder by each item and sense the excitement that so many discoveries inspire.