Describes the creation of the first car, the changes automobiles have seen over the course of more than a century, and how the car has changed the world.
Introduces children to the history of television, discussing how it was created, what life was like before television existed, how television influenced American culture, and other related topics.
Profiles the young Englishman who is credited with transforming the Internet, which had its origins in a defensive weapons plan, into the global information and communications system called the World Wide Web.
A story about a kingdom where everyone measures using different criteria, with amusing results, illustrates why standardized units of measurement such as the foot came into use.
Follows the development of roads in the United States--and the new forms of transportation that used them--from the National Highway of 1805 through railroads and paved roads for bicycles and automobiles to the interstate system.
