inventors

Relates the amusing adventures of a family of inventors.

A simple biography of the famous American who created more than 1,000 inventions and became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park.".

Dad's fantastic robot creations cause the family to have incredible adventures.

A biography of the man who invented the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the motion picture and patented 1,093 inventions.

"Read about these American computer geniuses including Herman Hollerith, John von Neumann, Grace Hopper, John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Jr, An Wang, Kilby and Robert Noyce, Bill Gates, Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, Marc Hannah and Marc Andreessen"--Provided by publisher.

"Learn about these amazing inventors of the 20th century: William Lear, Philo Farnsworth, Beatrice Kenner, Gertrude Belle Elion, Gordon Gould, Charles Ginsburg, Robert Shurney, Jack Kilby, Stephanie Kwolek and Lonnie Johnson"--Provided by publisher.

Showing how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations and smaller scale inventions with great potential, Foege argues that America still cultivates visionary innovators who do not allow cultural obsessions with efficiency and conformity to interfere with their passion and creativity.

Describes the lives and achievements of eight of the most important inventors of the nineteenth century, including Edison, Fulton, Hollerith, and McCormick.

A collection of stories about the developments, visionaries, and excitement in the growing field of technology.