inventions

An introduction to basic inventions that readers can make themselves, including step-by-step instructions and an illustrated checklist of required materials.

Lunchbox is an ordinary basset hound until he is abducted by aliens, zapped by a mental enhancer, and sent back to convert Earth's garbage into food--a task that would be easier if he had opposable thumbs, or at least tentacles.

When Pappy bumps his head before bedtime, Olie cheers him up by inventing a super silly ray, and then they both become happy, sleepy robots.

Encourages and fosters the spirit of invention by describing how to build such gadgets as a homemade motor, a hat with a fan in it, and a motorized shoe buffer.

Anecdotes about twenty-nine inventors and their creations with explanations of how each invention works.

Chronicles 180 milestones in the history of human knowledge and technology, from the use of fire in approximately 500,000 B.C. to the decoding of the human genome in the year 2000. Includes over 250 illustrations.

Answers a wide variety of questions about the invention of common household items.

Presents brief discussions of impressive Canadian feats, inventions, and structures from the world of science, sports, medicine, technology, food, transportation, and entertainment, with photographs and illlustrations.

Presents a short study of several inventions that came into use between 1870 and 1910 including the automobile and airplane, the telephone and electric light bulb, vacuum cleaners, typewriters, and other things that changed the ways in which people lived.

Minski travels across Europe inventing wonderful things, till at last he accomplishes his proudest achievement.