Inventions
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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
$17.99 Add to cartThe science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughs
What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world — those creative geniuses- Author: Schilling, Melissa A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1541724534
- Language: English
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The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla
$9.99 Add to cartNikola Tesla is the true unsung prophet of the electric age, without whom our radio, auto ignition, telephone, television, and alternating current power generation and transmission would all have been… [more below]
- Author: Tesla, Nikola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: March 15 2008
- ISBN10: 9563100441
- Language: English
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Boston Made: From Revolution to Robotics, Innovations That Changed the World
$24.99 Add to cartA fascinating look at how Boston became and remains a global center for innovation–told through 50 world-changing inventions.
“Robert Krim is a long-time champion of the Boston area’s history of inn… [more below]- Author: Krim, Robert M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1623545358
- Language: English
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History as Mystery
$21.95 Add to cartIn a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history’s victors distort and suppress the documentary record in
- Author: Parenti, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0872863573
- Language: English
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Born in Cambridge: 400 Years of Ideas and Innovators
$39.95 Read moreAnne Bradstreet, W.E.B. Du Bois, gene editing, and Junior Mints: cultural icons, influential ideas, and world-changing innovations from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city of- Author: Weintraub, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: May 03, 2022
- ISBN10: 0262046806
- Language: English
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20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius
$31.00 Add to cartPublisher’s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.
20 fun and i
- Series: Evil Genius
- Author: Graves, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1259860469
- Language: English
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Applied Minds: How Engineers Think
$17.95 Add to cartIn this engaging account of innovative triumphs, Guru Madhavan examines the ways in which engineers throughout history created world-changing tools, from ATMs and ZIP codes to the digital camera and t
- Author: Madhavan, Guru
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 16 2016
- ISBN10: 039335301X
- Language: English
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Nature’s Wild Ideas: How the Natural World Is Inspiring Scientific Innovation
$27.95 Add to cartA lively and endlessly fascinating deep-dive into nature and the many groundbreaking human inventions inspired by the wild.
“Delightful.”-The Guardian
“Fans of Helen Scales won’t want to miss this.”–P
- Author: Hamilton, Kristy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1771648198
- Language: English
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Connections
$28.00 Add to cartHow did the popularity of underwear in the twelfth century lead to the invention of the printing press?
How did the waterwheel evolve into the computer?
How did the arrival of the cannon lead eventually… [more below]- Author: Burke, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 03 2007
- ISBN10: 0743299558
- Language: English
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Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
$18.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling historians Joseph and Frances Gies, whose books have been used by George R.R. Martin as source material for Game of Thrones, comes a classic book on innovation and technological chang
- Series: Medieval Life
- Author: Gies, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0060925817
- Language: English
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Teen Innovators: Nine Young People Engineering a Better World with Creative Inventions
$19.99 Read moreTeen Innovators tells the stories of discovery and the inventions of nine young students.
For example, twelve-year-old Gitanjali Rao, appalled by the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, found a cheaper, mor
- Author: Estes, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 172841721X
- Language: English
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Elon Musk
$19.95 Add to cartNew York Times and International Bestseller Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and Amazon More than 1 million copies sold In the spirit of Steve Jobs and … [more below]
- Author: Vance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: February 12 2018
- ISBN10: 6077473677
- Language: Spanish
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Made in Ohio: A History of Buckeye Invention & Ingenuity
$23.99 Read moreAmerican Know How in the Heart of It All Ohio was and remains tailor made for commerce, transportation, invention, and manufacturing. Located between Lake Erie and the Ohio River, it was perfect for c… [more below]
- Author: Hinds, Conrade C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1467152943
- Language: English
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The Laser That’s Changing the World: The Amazing Stories Behind Lidar, from 3D Mapping to Self-Driving Cars
$19.00 Read moreTells the story of a laser technology that will have a big impact on society and the brilliant innovators responsible for its developmentLidar–a technology evolved from radar, but using laser light r
- Author: Neff, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: October 09, 2018
- ISBN10: 163388466X
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going
$28.99 Read moreFrom Oxford’s leading AI researcher comes a fun and accessible tour through the history and future of one of the most cutting edge and misunderstood field in science: Artificial Intelligence
The somewh- Author: Wooldridge, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1250770742
- Language: English
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One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams Into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work
$28.00 Add to cartWith must-have updates, a new edition of the bestselling method that shows how anyone can turn their one simple idea into millions – without lifting a finger
Stephen Key is an award-winning inventor w
- Author: Key, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1259589676
- Language: English
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Cathedral: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
$21.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
Readers worldwide recognize Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay’s imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux. This critically acclaimed book has been translated into a dozen languages an
- Author: Macaulay, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 19 1973
- ISBN10: 0395175135
- Language: English
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Who Is Bill Gates?
$5.99 Add to cartBill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn of Gates’ childhood passion … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 21 2013
- ISBN10: 0448463326
- Language: English
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Better Than New / Mejor Que Nuevo: A Recycle Tale / Un Cuenta de Reciclaje
$18.95 Add to cart“Will You Help Me?”
Isidora and Julian, playing in the Chilean ocean, hear a plaintive cry — a sea lion is tangled in an abandoned fishing net. They free their ocean friend then consider what to do w
- Author: Broder, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 44
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1952338034
- Language: English
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Means of Transport That Almost Changed the World
$18.95 Read moreRealistic illustrations accompany the stories behind various more or less peculiar vehicles that were invented but in the end, they did not make the cut.
We all travel sometimes–by car, by public tran
- Series: Means of Transport
- Author: Velcovsky, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 8000068451
- Language: English
