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Fascinating stories behind 100 of the most important inventions in history, for kids 8 and up
This fast-paced journey through the most vital developments and inventions of all time features:
• 100 easy-to-read stories: Find out how each invention came to be!
• Illustrations: Each entry includes an illustrated image of the invention to help bring history to life!
• A timeline, trivia questions, project ideas and more: Boost your learning and...
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The truth and nothing but the truth-Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends.
The story of Columbus discovering the world was round was invented by Washington Irving.
The pilgrims never lived in log cabins.
In Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock.
Washington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell...
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"Acclaimed history writer William Weir takes on the most common myths that our school textbooks have proliferated through the years. He not only uncovers some startling untruths, but also he exposes the reasoning behind each lie and examines why the myths keep going. The true stories behind historical events give readers a fascinating new look at our past. The revelations shock and amaze by exposing veiled motivations and convenient inaccuracies in...
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Using the internet, we can retrieve information in mere seconds, share messages and videos just as quickly, and accomplish so much more. It has become difficult to remember a time before the internet existed! This beneficial book introduces readers to the beginnings of the internet and its evolution over time. Through interesting and at-level bite-size facts, accompanying images, and summarizing graphic organizers, readers will gain a new appreciation...
10) Collected Works
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My Inventions — Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
Lectures:
A New System of Alternate Current Motors and Transformers
Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination
Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
On Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena
On Electricity
My Submarine Destroyer
High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-Therapeutic and Other...
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Did you know more people have cell phones than toothbrushes? That Google answers about a billion questions a day? Or that Alexander Graham Bell wanted the standard telephone greeting to be "Ahoy"?
Discover these incredible facts and more in the next Fact Attack book, all about inventions and technology. Fact Attack is an exploration of the most amazing and awe-inspiring facts about technology and inventions throughout history. Heavily designed with...
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Life without a phone is so hard to imagine! Without the ability to call our friends, family, or even emergency services, life would certainly be much more difficult. Through accessible, fun-size facts, readers of this STEM-supporting book will learn how the invention of the telephone came about, how it transformed rapidly over the years, and how it can truly be said to have changed the world. Carefully selected images complement the well-researched...
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Deeply insightful, sensitive and passionate. An inspiring, meticulous picture of the innovations that have made us the world's oldest living culture.' - Larissa Behrendt
'Another fascinating volume in this landmark Australian publishing series.' - Richard Flanagan
What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians.
First...
14) The Messy Robot
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Chip has a lot of chores. He creates a robot to help him clean. The robot has other ideas and makes a mess. Chip realizes it's better if he does things himself.
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The printing press is one of the single most important inventions in human history. It allowed information to spread more quickly and widely than ever before. Many people credit German Johannes Gutenberg with inventing the printing press, but the earliest known printed text is actually Chinese! Historic, full-color photographs and enlightening graphic organizers will attract and educate budding historians. Through 20 truly fun facts, they'll learn...
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Shares a portrait of the inventor famed for such innovations as the incandescent lightbulb, batteries, and movie cameras, exploring his life-changing achievements and perseverance in the face of numerous failures.
18) Melia and Jo
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"Melia is SCIENTIFIC and loves to create things in her backyard laboratory, but something is missing. Her inventions just aren't quite right. Enter Jo, her new friend with an ARTISTIC spirit. When you blend the arts and science, something magical happens!"--Back cover.
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Amazing Maya volume 2
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When Maya invites her friends to a party to check out her grandparent's latest invention, a crossword puzzle chair, nothing goes as planned, but she soon discovers life is sometimes filled with good surprises. Includes activity tips.
20) Field tripped
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The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they still have a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie). While there, theysearch for secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden in the mansion--but they find that they are not the only ones searching, and somehow this class of trouble-makers must work together to thwart...
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