inventors

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The real McCoy

the life of an African-American inventor
1992
A biography of the Canadian-born black American who studied engineering in Scotland and patented over fifty inventions despite the obstacles he faced because of his race.

Figment

journey into imagination
Dive into a steampunk fantasy story exploring the never-before-revealed origin of the inventor known as Dreamfinder, and how one little spark of inspiration created a dragon called Figment.

Thomas Edison

2001
This is an introduction to the life of the man who developed the electric light bulb and many other inventions.

Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo

2015
Frank Einstein and his best friend Watson, along with artificial-intelligence entities, Klink and Klank, find themselves in competition with T. Edison to unlock the power behind the science of the human body.

My inventions

the autobiography of Nikola Tesla
2010
Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary scientist whose greatest invention, A/C current, powers almost all of the technological wonders in the world today.

Electrical wizard

how Nikola Tesla lit up the world
2015
A brief biography of Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose early fascination with electricity caused him to go on to invent alternating current and many devices that helped bring electricity to American households and, eventually, the rest of the world, at the turn of the twentieth century.

Benjamin Franklin

statesman and inventor
Discusses the life of the multi-talented American who was a scientist and an inventor, a writer and a printer, as well as playing an influential role in the early history of the United States.

The Wright brothers

aviation pioneers and inventors
Traces the path of Orville and Wilbur Wright as they pursue their dream of aviation.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

2010
Young inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that causes cheeseburgers to rain for the sky. However, when the weather takes a turn for the worse, the residents of the town of Chewandswallow will find their eating habits have drastically changed.

House of robots

2014
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--Provided by publisher.

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