The King Of Inventors

Author : David C. King
Publisher : History Compass
ISBN 13 : 9781878668554
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Alva Edison written by David C. King and published by History Compass. This book was released on 1995-05 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primary source documents capture Edison's spirit, the progress he made on new inventions and the setbacks - both personal and professional. Historian and author David King weaves a story from his own research into Edison's journals, letters, lab notes, drawings, peer criticism, and news accounts of the day. Grade 5 to adult.

Author : Catherine Peters
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400863457
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of Inventors written by Catherine Peters and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major biography, Catherine Peters explores the complicated life of Wilkie Collins, the greatest of the Victorian "Sensation" novelists and author of the famous Woman in White and The Moonstone. An intimate of Dickens and of the Pre-Raphaelites Holman Hunt and Millais, Collins was called the "king of inventors" by his publisher. On the surface, he was charming, unpretentious, and extremely good company, beloved by men and women. Beneath this façade, however, he was a complex and haunted man, addicted to laudanum, and his powerful, often violent novels revealed a dark side of Victorian life. He supported two common-law wives and their children, and as Peters shows, he provoked scandal by refusing to cloak his complicated love affairs in the customary hypocritical pretense of the period. Having discovered a hitherto unknown autobiography by Wilkie Collins's mother, Peters draws on this document and on thousands of Collins's unpublished letters to create this provocative picture of his life and times. She describes in detail the saga of his exhausting struggle for better copyright protection for authors, especially for English authors in the United States. She has also studied the manuscripts of his novels, plays, and stories, including those which he did not complete, finding that some of his neglected novels turn out to be much more interesting than most readers realize today. This edition of the book has been supplemented to include an appendix describing Collins's "Tahitian" novel. Written when he was twenty, the manuscript of this work, Ioláni, was thought to have disappeared, but it has recently been rediscovered and sold to a private collector. For any Collins enthusiast, or for anyone interested in the literary history of the Victorian period, The King of Inventors provides a vivid account of Collins's unusual personal life in the context of his literary and artistic friendships and of newly revealed facts about the two women with whom he shared his "double life." Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Celia King
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9780811809122
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Great Inventions written by Celia King and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the simple wheel to the magical radio to the complex microchip, the seven great inventions presented in this book are benchmarks in the achievements of civilization and testimony to the vision and tenacity of the inventors throughout the world. Full color. 7 pop-up spreads.

Author : Charles E. Henderson Jr.
Publisher : Charles E. Henderson Jr.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Inventors of All-Time written by Charles E. Henderson Jr. and published by Charles E. Henderson Jr.. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book called The Greatest Inventors of All-Time, is about the Inventors and their Inventions and how some of them got there patents that help change the world today. It's a mind blowing book that can inspire and educate about a lot Inventions that turned into businesses as of today. Most of these Inventions and the Inventors help grow and change the world to be a better place. This book shows how far the world has evolved in Inventions and Entrepreneurs.

Author : Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763664413
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Color Is My World? written by Kareem Abdul Jabbar and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people’s pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people’s lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a funny contemporary story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more — inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter. Back matter includes an authors’ note and sources.

Author : Charles Carey Jr.
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1438182147
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition written by Charles Carey Jr. and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition: "This fun-to-read source will add spice for economics and business classes..."—American Reference Books Annual "...worthy of inclusion in reference collections of public, academic, and high-school libraries. Its content is wide-ranging and its entries provide interesting reading."—Booklist "A concise introduction to American inventors and entrepreneurs, recommended for academic and public libraries."—Choice American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition profiles more than 300 important Americans from colonial times to the present. Featuring such inventors and entrepreneurs as Thomas Edison and Madame C. J. Walker, this revised resource provides in-depth information on robber barons and their counterparts as well as visionaries such as Bill Gates. Coverage includes: Jeffrey Bezos Michael Bloomberg Sergey Brin and Larry Page Michael Dell Steve Jobs Estée Lauder T. Boone Pickens Russell Simmons Oprah Winfrey Mark Zuckerberg.

Author : Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Inventors and Their Inventions written by Frank Puterbaugh Bachman and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.

Author : Jeremy Coller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905940820
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lives, Loves and Deaths of Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors written by Jeremy Coller and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant analysis of 30 inventors who changed the world. Discover the story behind: the telephone, sewing machine, dynamite, safety razor and more.

Author : Brett Stern
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430245077
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventors at Work written by Brett Stern and published by Apress. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventors at Work: The Minds and Motivation Behind Modern Inventions is a collection of interviews with inventors of famous products, innovations, and technologies that have made life easier or even changed the way we live. All of these scientists, engineers, wild-eyed geniuses, and amateur technologists have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of that singular Eureka! moment in their laboratories or garages. Each has altered the modern world as we know it in some significant way. The conversations will show budding tinkerers, professional inventors, educators, and onlookers how the top minds in the field come up with ideas and manage the first steps of inspiration, how they experiment productively, how they “sell” ideas to others and secure funding, how they execute the final product, and how they commercialize and protect their work. All inventors will learn from these conversations, whether they are exploring new chemical compounds in million-dollar labs or perfecting a household gadget or toy in a basement workshop. Author Brett Stern, an inventor himself, explores with each inventor the nature of creativity and intuition, the skill set needed, and the force, motivation, or desire that must be summoned to spend endless hours searching for an answer to a question that no one else has asked or solving a problem most think has no solution. The book is required reading for all technical and creative individuals to better understand the innovation process and the logistics of following through on an idea that has the potential to change society. This book offers: Interviews with inventors of world-changing products and technologies An outline of the steps required in the creative/inventing process whether the goal is a civilization-changing process or a device meant to impress friends and family and perhaps earn license fees. An instructive overview of how to solve problems in innovation—and how to use failures as stepping stones to successful inventions

Author : Doris Simonis
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761477617
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventors and Inventions written by Doris Simonis and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From air conditioners to MRI scanners and from bicycles to frozen foods, modern life would be unimaginable without the work of inventors. Unlike other resources on inventions, Inventors and Inventions surprises readers with its wide-ranging exploration of inventors of the past and present, including the creators of Kevlar, Coca Cola, eBay, and the Global Positioning System.