inventors

Describes the events surrounding the trial against John Colt, brother of Sam Colt, the inventor of the revolver, for murder in New York City in 1841.

A chronological discussion of Leonardo da Vinci's insights surrounding topics such as architecture, botany, and philosophy, with illustrations and an examination of his attention to proportion, shape, patterns,and symmetries, and his relation to art and science.

Follows the life and career of the man who revolutionized photography by developing a camera simple enough for anyone to use.

Chronicles the life of Philo T. Farnsworth, the man who invented the television, and discusses why he has been all but forgotten, despite the impact his invention had on the twentieth century.

Profiles eight inventors of motion picture technology, including W.K.L. Dickson, Auguste and Louis Lumi?re, Lee de Forest, Herbert Kalmus, Linwood Dunn, Mike Todd, and Garrett Brown.

An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Thomas Edison, America's most famous inventor.

Explains how scientist Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar, the super-strong thread that is used to make bullet-proof vests and other protective gear.

Examines the life and career of Les Paul, discussing his work as a performer, and looking at his contributions to music as an inventor of sound-on-sound tracks, and as the creator of signature guitars.

Describes four people who explored new frontiers: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Robert Falcon Scott, and Neil Armstrong.

Looks at the life and accomplishments of Eli Whitney, the eighteenth-century inventor who revolutionized cotton production in the South with his creation of the cotton gin, and who later designed machines for the mass production of muskets.