inventors

Throughout recent centuries and perhaps never more so than today brilliant and dedicated creative people of African heritage are helping to make our world better and safer with their inventions.

"Tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Plus, interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations--all to show the many ways the geeky girls of today can help to build the future."--Provided by publisher..

Shares insight into the lives and minds of some of the pioneers who have helped shape the history and development of science, technology, engineering and math.

"From the wheel to the World Wide Web--the Cat in the Hat looks at inventors and inventions that have changed our lives."--Provided by publisher.

Features information on eight different scientists and the struggles they had in convincing the world that their revolutionary ideas were correct, including such figures as Nikola Tesla, Charles Darwin, and Ignaz Semmelweis.

Describes how Lena Blackburne's Baseball Rubbing Mud went from a riverbank to the major leagues and all the way to the Hall of Fame.

An introduction to the life and contributions of Nikola Tesla covers his innovations in the field of alternating current and his role in the development of such inventions as remote controls, fluorescent lights, and cell phones.

Presents for young readers an overview of how George Eastman came into photography and created the Kodak camera.

Presents a biography of Margaret Knight, detailing the events that led up to her invention of a machine capable of creating flat-bottom paper bags.

Recounts the story of the invention of the elevator and of its creator, tracing Otis's route from a farm boy watching ropes break on the hay hoist to his contributions to high-rise innovations and other feats of modern architecture.