inventors

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inventors

Benjamin Franklin

2002
Describes the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, the American statesman, author, and inventor.

Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance artist and inventor
2013
A biography of Renaissance inventor Leonardo da Vinci, featuring his great curiosity and accomplishments in a variety of areas.

The Wright brothers

2011
A graphic novel biography of the lives and careers of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Dayton, Ohio, brothers credited with the creation of mechanical flight.

Leonardo da Vinci

the Renaissance man
2011
A graphic novel biography of Renassance Italy's artist, scientist, and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, discussing his early years, life in various parts of Italy, his development as an artist, and his forays into science, architecture, and invention.

Steve Jobs

technology innovator and Apple genius
2012
Offers a brief overview of the life and career of Steve Jobs, discussing his childhood, innovations, influences, challenges, achievements, and more.

Benjamin Franklin

2008
A brief biography of Benjamin Franklin that discusses his childhood, work as a printer and author, family, inventions, career as a diplomat, and role in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. Includes a time line, a glossary, and resources.

Edison's gold

2010
Tom Edison, the thirteen-year-old great-great-grandson of the famous inventor, finds a clue to his ancestor's legendary secret formula for changing metal into gold, and while he searches desperately for the key to the life-changing discovery, he must also evade billionaire Curtis Keller and his minions, who want the formula to seize control of the world.

STORM

the Black Sphere
2009
The teenaged geniuses of STORM, a secret organization dedicated to eliminating the world's misery through science and technology, head to the Swiss Alps seeking the last of six scientists whose Project FIREball is of interest to MI6, the CIA, and an unknown assasin.

Attack of the Turtle

a novel
2008
During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

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