Gaines, Ann

Provides a brief introduction to Orville and Wilbur Wright's efforts to build a plane that would fly.

A biography of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin and machines that mass produced gun parts.

Follows the life and career of inventor Alexander Graham Bell, profiling his many inventions.

Provides a brief introduction to inventor Henry Ford's efforts to build cars.

Describes exploration of the planet Mars, with an emphasis on the Pathfinder and Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, what they found, and future missions.