Argues that Alexander Graham Bell stole the idea for the telephone from inventor Elisha Gray and explains how this deception led to the creation of the world's largest monopoly, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Describes the childhood of the famous artist and inventor, whose early interests in engineering, architecture, natural science, and painting were encouraged by his father.
Chronicles the life and times of Benjamin Franklin from his early years in Boston to the first years of the United States, discussing his accomplishments as a printer, writer, statesman, scientist, and humanitarian.
While Alex is getting to know his inventive neighbor Herbert they unexpectedly travel to the twenty-second century through a space-time wormhole where they encounter aliens, jet packs, and their future selves.
When Jimmy Neutron researches cats for his science report, he uses his robot dog, Goddard, to download feline facts from the Internet, but Goddard also gets a virus that makes him act like a cat.
