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Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Edison's Concrete Piano highlights sixteen great inventors, revealing the lesser known and most fascinating facts about their personalities, their wackier hobbies, their big flops and great successes. Amid misperceptions, cutting-edge technology, and outrageous characters, you'll find nuggets of wisdom that are surprisingly relevant for today's innovation age.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's a new school year with the same old problems: the school is going to run out of money! But a local engineering competition might just keep them funded for another year. Can Millie and her friends Pearl and Halinka invent a way out of the mess? With some guidance from their eccentric headmistress Miss Bunsen, anything seems possible.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xviii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
How many times have you seen a product and thought, I know how to make that better? Or not seen a product and thought, How is it that no one has invented this yet? And when haven't you thought, I need to be my own boss? You're thinking the right things. Now, the next step is to take action and that's exactly what One Simple Idea for Startups and Entrepreneurs is all about.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Oona is the last duck to the pond every morning, but when her frog friend Roy reminds her how gifted she is with gadgets, Oona gets busy inventing crafty ways to get there first.
92) The telephone
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Series focuses on inventions we often take for granted and how they have changed our lives.
93) Lasers
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains what lasers are and how they are used in communications, medicine, industry, and warfare, as well as possible future uses.
94) Invention
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (lxvi, 247 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
PROLOGUE: Unlearning What's Untrue. SECTION I SystemsInvention: An Attempt to Improve the World Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System ModelUnderstanding Patents: An Application of the System ModelSystem Interfaces: How the Elements Work TogetherSystem Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver BulletsSECTION II Outside the BoxOutside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative ThinkingSeeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
x, 420 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines thirteen well-known American stories, including those about Paul Revere's legendary ride and Thomas Jefferson's pivotal role in the establishment of American equality, contending that many of their surrounding myths are not supported by recent scholarship.
Author
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xxix, 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
America's leading authority on the War of 1812 dispels the many misconceptions that distort our view of America's second war with Great Britain. Embracing military, naval, political, economic, and diplomatic analysis, Hickey looks carefully at how the war was fought between 1812 and 1815, and how it was remembered thereafter. He peels away fantasies and embellishments to explore why certain myths gained currency, and how they contributed to the way...
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