inventors

Profiles a selection of one hundred inventors of significant influence and accomplishment.

A biography of artist and inventor, Samuel F.B. Morse, who devised the world's first practical telegraph system.

Discusses American inventors and their accomplishments throughout history, which includes Cromwell Dixon and his bicycle-powered airship, African-American inventor John Dove's concepts that lead to the compact disc, and others; and features photographs, newspaper clippings, and illustrations.

Relates the histories of over 120 inventions that have become staples of modern life, including the electric iron, sliced bread, the wine box, submarines, typewriters, jet skis, the disposable syringe, and bar codes, each with photographs, facts, and anecdotes.

Examines the life of nineteenth-century Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, discussing his boyhood, his early interest in radio waves, and his pioneering work in the field of wireless technology.

Alphabetical articles profile the life and work of notable scientists and inventors from antiquity to the present, beginning with Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz and concluding with the Wright Brothers.

An exhibition tracing the creative and inventive spirit of African-American men and women.

A character study and family history that also reveals Bell's various scientific pursuits, including his experimentation with flight.

Discusses African American inventors and their contributions, including Benjamin Bradley, Madam Walker, and George Washington Carver.

Presents a brief biography of inventor Samuel Morse in graphic novel format, and examines how he developed a working telegraph in 1844 that revolutionized the way people communicated.