Genius Inventions

Author : Jack Challoner
Publisher : Great Thinkers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0233005390

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Genius Inventions by Jack Challoner Pdf

Go back in time to share the excitement of the greatest technological breakthroughs in history--and meet the inspired inventors who made them happen. The light bulb. Antiseptic surgery. The Internet. These inventions changed the world as we know it. Published in association with the Science Museum of London, this fascinating volume gives unprecedented insight into the minds and lives of those who shaped the way we live today. Biographies of 28 people and their inventions include Johannes Gutenberg's printing press, Alan Turing's computer, the Lumi re brothers' moving pictures, George Eastman's Kodak camera, Vladimir Zworykin's television tube, Karl Benz's motorcar, the Wright brothers' powered flight, and Wernher von Braun's rocket design. Beautifully illustrated with fascinating reproductions of letters, designs, and plans, it captures the most important moments in the history of technology. New format of Genius, with previously removable documents printed in the book.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780744021189

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Pocket Genius: Inventions by DK Pdf

Discover the fascinating world of inventions and technology. From the first tools to the latest gadgets, Pocket Genius: Inventions showcases key inventors and inventions that changed the world from air, space, water, and land transportation to everyday objects in the home, medical tools and aids, plus telescopes, roller coasters, satellites, and robots, and a look at future technologies. Redesigned in paperback, DK's best-selling Pocket Genius series is now available in an engaging compact and economical format that is ideal for both browsing and quick reference for use in school and at home. Catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each pocket-size encyclopedia is filled with facts on subjects ranging from animals to history, cars to dogs, and Earth to space and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers.

Author : Sarah Dees
Publisher : Page Street Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781624146817

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Genius LEGO Inventions with Bricks You Already Have by Sarah Dees Pdf

Calling All Tinkerers, Experimenters & Inventors! Unleash Your Creative Powers with Exciting LEGO® Innovations Use science and engineering to transform your bin of LEGO® bricks into amazing, movable toys, machines and gadgets. Bestselling author Sarah Dees is back with an all-new collection of projects featuring ingenious designs and simple scientific principles that real engineers use every day. Make yourself a robot pal whose legs move as he rolls along, or a drummer who really plays the drums. Build a wind-up car complete with a flywheel that’ll send your minifigures zooming. Or challenge your friends to a game of pinball on a LEGO® pinball machine you built from scratch. Each project is cooler than the next! It’s easy and fun to build each of these awesome contraptions and games by following the clear step-by-step instructions and photographs. Think you have a different way to build something? Exercise your inventing muscles and tinker away! You’re in charge of your designs, so experiment and tweak to make your inventions personal to you. No matter what you end up creating, you’ll learn exciting new things about science, impress your family and have a blast along the way.

Author : Matt Turner
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Computer networks
ISBN : 9781512432107

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Genius Communication Inventions by Matt Turner Pdf

"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."--

Author : QA international Collectif QA international Collectif
Publisher : Québec Amerique
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Discoveries in science
ISBN : 9782764409046

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My Scrapbook of Discoveries and Inventions (by Professor Genius) by QA international Collectif QA international Collectif Pdf

Author : Deborah Kespert
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780500650431

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Genius by Deborah Kespert Pdf

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.

Author : Matt Turner
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512432114

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Genius Engineering Inventions by Matt Turner Pdf

Tin cans were first produced in London in 1813. But they had to be opened with a hammer and chisel, because the can opener wasn't invented until 1855! Check out other amazing engineering innovations, such as a popular soft drink originally sold as a "brain tonic," an 18th-century battery called a voltaic pile, and a design from 1596 for the first flushing toilet. Fact-packed text and fun illustrations reveal clever discoveries that changed the world--and weird ideas that didn't (like Nikola Tesla's earthquake machine or Thomas Edison's giant singing dolls). Learn how wonders of engineering have helped us improve our lives--from growing food to powering machinery.

Author : Charlotte Gray
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781628721409

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Reluctant Genius by Charlotte Gray Pdf

The popular image of Alexander Graham Bell is that of an elderly American patriarch, memorable only for his paunch, his Santa Claus beard, and the invention of the telephone. In this magisterial reassessment based on thorough new research, acclaimed biographer Charlotte Gray reveals Bell’s wide-ranging passion for invention and delves into the private life that supported his genius. The child of a speech therapist and a deaf mother, and possessed of superbly acute hearing, Bell developed an early interest in sound. His understanding of how sound waves might relate to electrical waves enabled him to invent the “talking telegraph” be- fore his rivals, even as he undertook a tempestuous courtship of the woman who would become his wife and mainstay. In an intensely competitive age, Bell seemed to shun fame and fortune. Yet many of his innovations—electric heating, using light to transmit sound, electronic mail, composting toilets, the artificial lung—were far ahead of their time. His pioneering ideas about sound, flight, genetics, and even the engineering of complex structures such as stadium roofs still resonate today. This is an essential portrait of an American giant whose innovations revolutionized the modern world.

Author : Don Iwerks
Publisher : Disney Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1484743377

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Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor by Don Iwerks Pdf

Gorgeous never-before-published photographs and fascinating personal memories celebrate the half-a-century career of Disney Legend Ub Iwerks, a self-taught animator who became the first to animate Mickey and Minnie Mouse and an exceptional draftsman, prolific innovator, and all-around technical genius who directly collaborated with Walt Disney to create some of the most loved moments throughout film and theme parks. Even before the creation of Mickey, Walt established a reputation as a technical leader in Hollywood and frequently relied on the counsel, expertise, ingenuity, and creativity of a kindred spirit, lifelong friend, and fellow virtuoso: Ub Iwerks. Up till now, Ub and his many technical inventions and techniques have been largely unknown by the general public. His illustrious career consisted of dozens of innovative contributions, large and small, to both animated and live-action motion pictures, as well as the fields of optics, film processes, and special effects. He was also the major force behind the design of special cameras, projectors, electronics, and audio for theme park projects, and much more. The high standard set by Walt and Ub continues to inspire artists and technicians within The Walt Disney Company as they explore new avenues of quality entertainment. Here is a one-of-a-kind appreciation to an extraordinary man and an outstanding career, a record of his many inventions and accomplishments, and a tribute from a grateful son to his remarkable father.

Author : Denise Krebs,Gallit Zvi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317384595

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The Genius Hour Guidebook by Denise Krebs,Gallit Zvi Pdf

Promote your students’ creativity and get them excited about learning! In this practical new book, authors Denise Krebs and Gallit Zvi show you how to implement Genius Hour, a time when students can develop their own inquiry-based projects around their passions and take ownership of their work. Brought to you by MiddleWeb and Routledge Eye On Education, the book takes you step-by-step through planning and teaching Genius Hour. You’ll learn how to guide your students as they: Develop inquiry questions based on their interests; Conduct research to learn more about their topic of choice; Create presentations to teach their fellow students in creative ways; and Present their finished product for a final assessment. At the end of the book, you’ll find handy FAQs and ready-made lessons and resources. In addition, a companion website, www.geniushourguide.org, offers bonus materials and regular updates to support you as you implement Genius Hour in your own classroom.

Author : John Seabrook
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312535724

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Flash of Genius by John Seabrook Pdf

Essays explore inspiration and entrepreneurship in everyday Americans, including the story of Bob Kearns, who invented the intermittent windshield wiper.

Author : Elizabeth MacLeod,Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459816787

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How to Become an Accidental Genius by Elizabeth MacLeod,Frieda Wishinsky Pdf

Don't be afraid to try! Make connections! Be persistent! Ask questions and never take no for an answer! Learn the secrets and amazing stories of successful inventors! How to Become an Accidental Genius is full of inspiring tales of famous and lesser-known inventors who have changed the world, from George Washington Carver, Mary Anderson (inventor of the windshield wiper) and inventor and actress Hedy Lamarr to Frank Epperson (of Popsicle fame) and Mary Sherman Morgan (The Woman Who Saved the U.S. Space Race). Readers will be amazed at the inventiveness of these geniuses. The book focuses on inventors from North America but includes stories from around the world. Organized into eleven chapters that highlight the qualities inventors have in common, the book also features profiles of inventive kids and teenagers.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465452344

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Pocket Genius: Inventions by DK Pdf

Discover the fascinating world of inventions and technology. From the first tools to the latest gadgets, DK's Pocket Genius: Inventions showcases key inventors and inventions that changed the world from air, space, water, and land transportation to everyday objects in the home, medical tools and aids, plus telescopes, roller coasters, satellites, and robots, and a look at future technologies. Catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each mini-encyclopedia is filled with facts on subjects ranging from animals to history, cars to dogs, and Earth to space and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers.

Author : Michael Davis
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403355423

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Witty Inventions by Michael Davis Pdf

Have you ever thought of a new product – only to see it on retail shelves or in catalogs several years later?! Those profits or royalties could have been yours to enjoy – and this book was written just for you. One reader writes, "If you read and apply this book with an intent to learn, you will literally raise millions of dollars, make hundreds of thousands, and save thousands in the process. You must have this book." Just how do you profit from your heaven-sent ideas? The Witty Inventions Series™ will show you little-known secrets about Patents Provisional Patents Trademarks Copyrights Other forms of Intellectual Property International rights pertaining to the above assets The author has years of experience helping entrepreneurs and idea people start successful businesses and bring their products to market.

Author : Joy L. Lowe,Kathryn I. Matthew
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0810849151

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Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth by Joy L. Lowe,Kathryn I. Matthew Pdf

A compilation of books and other resources that are appropriate for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.