inventions

Presents an alphabetically-arranged introduction to every day inventions from C to F, who invented them, and how they work including the camera, dishwasher, elevator, and frozen food.

Recounts the stories behind fashion inventions, such as blue jeans, the bra, buttons, swimsuits, velcro, and more.

Ten-year-old inventor Andrew Dubble creates a machine designed to swallow and shrink garbage, but he finds himself in trouble when the machine shrinks him, his robot Thudd, and his cousin Judy down to the size of beetles and they are carried off to a dangerous dump ruled by worms.

Presents step-by-step explanations and color diagrams of how 125 machines, structures, and technologies--such as snowmakers, skyscrapers, instant messaging, and night vision--work, and includes "Did You Know?" and "Cool Facts" sidebars.

A history of the inventiveness of applied science, from the stone tools hewn by the earliest prehistoric people to the dawn of the modern era in 1492.

Profiles the top one hundred inventions of all time, rated in order of their impact on the development of civilization.

Examines the supply and demand development of plastic and its synthetic by-products of vinyl, polyester, Lycra, nylon, rayon and Teflon. Looks at how plastic has revolutionized daily chores, the retail industry, and the music industry. Explores the use of plastic from injection molding technology to plastic surgery.

Describes some of the inventions and discoveries that have transformed the fields of entertainment, transportation, communication, and medicine, and includes illustrations and color photographs.

Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot accidentally set off in Uncle Al's latest invention, a Volkswagen Beetle converted for deep sea exploration, and try to prevent the evil Soggy Bob from taking a rare ocean creature.