Books with title Great Inventions

Who was Archimedes and did his discoveries match up to his boasting? Did Leonardo’s designs actually work? What sparked Edison’s invention of the light bulb, and did Bell’s early telephone ring? Tough challenges lead to another ten mind-boggling inventions in this title of the Crafty Inventions series. Find out why Marconi tied aerials to balloons and kites, how the Wright Brothers’ hobby of bird-watching helped them to perfect airplane control and why Trevithick nicknamed his steam locomotives OEpuffer whims. Then model your own inventions from a cocktail stick bi-plane and a corkscrew helicopter to a radar helmet and a big mouth megaphone.

This fascinating new series looks at key inventions that have shaped the way we live. Each book takes a specific area of invention, such as communications, and follows the development and progression of items within this, such as printing presses and satellites. The books cover life before the invention, its impact, key players, their mistakes and successes and the breakthough's later evolution. Each book contains: - biography boxes of key people named in the science curriculum - "bad" inventions boxes for particularly disastrous inventions that didn't work - key date charts - "how it works" diagrams

From the phonograph to the seismograph, the bicycle to the space shuttle, find out about the most amazing inventions with Knowledge Masters: Inventions. Perfect for school projects and homework tasks, or just fun for reading, the striking, full-color illustrations grab readers' attention and make learning fun. This dynamic book also comes complete with a free, fully interactive CDROM that includes exciting Internet links -- guiding children to the most interesting and informative sites on the Web! This multimedia package is the perfect answer for inquisitive minds.

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