Chronicles the inventions and developments in the evolution of the motion picture from the creation of the "magic lantern" in 1420 to the making of totally digital feature films in the twenty-first century.
Presents an overview of the history of the library, in simple text with illustrations, from ancient Greek and Egyptian book collections to the development of the World Wide Web. Includes time line.
Presents an overview of the history of the calendar, in simple text with illustrations, from ancient Egyptian time keepers to cesium clocks that records the passage of time accurately. Includes time line.
Presents a short history of the post office examining the ancient forms of mail delivery in Egypt, China, and Persia; Benjamin Franklin and the U.S. Postal System, the Pony Express, air mail, and more.
Presents a history of clocks and discusses the ways ancient people recorded time, the early calendars of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Mayas, and Babylonians, as well as mechanical clocks, pendulum clocks, and wristwatches.
Presents a short history of the invention of the telephone, how people communicated before it, early telephones such as the Reis transmitter and receiver in the 1860s, and Alexander Graham Bell's initial intention to provide a machine for the deaf.
Traces the history of space exploration from the astronomers of ancient Greece to the landing of the Mars rovers in 2004, discussing the moon walk, the Apollo program, space shuttles, and other highlights.
Traces the history of the airplane from 400 B.C. when Archytas of Greece experimented with small gliders, to the high-tech developments of the twenty-first century.
