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How do you sum up the world's most amazing inventions in just 100 words? This book takes on the challenge! From helicopters to fireworks, each of the carefully chosen 100 entries has its own 100-word long description and quirky illustration, providing an introduction to inspiring inventions from history to the modern day--Adapted from back cover.
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Wellfleet Press
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©2017
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English
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"Universal change is often the ultimate result of one individual's lightbulb moment--an invention that triggers a ripple effect across countries, continents, or even out into space. Know-It-All Great Inventions looks at fifty of these great ideas that really did change the world. It covers a wide range, from early days (the wheel) through materials (the invention of steel and plastic) to communications (the alphabet, printing press, and Worldwide...
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"Explore ten inventions that changed the world in The Inventor's Workshop: How People and Machines Transformed Each Other, the debut children's book from award-winning inventor Ruth Amos. Step inside the inventor's workshop to see how one creative spark leads to another . . . until an invention is born. Find out how, when, and why these ingenious breakthroughs happened, and learn about all the people who created them. Discover how Ada Lovelace's code...
7) Zero contact
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Follows five characters based all over the world, connected only by their devotion to the late founder and tech titan Finley Hart. The characters are then forced to work together to shut down Hart's most secret invention, a machine that is either the solution to mankind's problems or the end of life on Earth.
8) Invention
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DK
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2005.
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English
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Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.
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English
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Overturns the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. Loewen provides an examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. The author uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to...
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This comprehensive guide from the editors of Popular Science covers everything a new inventor needs to know from starting out to running a start-up.
Contrary to popular opinion, you don't have to be an ace electrician or a coding prodigy to develop your own game-changing invention. All you need is curiosity, a desire to fix a common problem, and the determination to see your ideas become reality. And it won't hurt to have this book handy-a volume...
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[EDC Publishing]
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2007.
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English
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Everyday things like toasters, chocolate bars, and cars are only here because someone bothered to invent them. Learn about these, and other brilliant ideas, from ancient inventions like the wheel, to the high-tech gadgets of the modern world.
15) Sky jumpers
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Sky jumpers volume 1
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Yearling
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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Twelve-year-old Hope lives in a post World War III town called White Rock where everyone must participate in Inventions Day, though Hope's inventions always fail. Her unique skill set comes in hand when a group of bandits invades the town.
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English
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Is America one nation under God? Christian nationalists assert that the US was founded on Judeo-Christian principles -- but is this true? Andrew L. Seidel, an attorney at the Freedom from Religion Foundation, answers this persistent question once and for all, comparing the Ten Commandments to the Constitution and contrasting biblical doctrine with America's founding philosophy. This persuasively argued and fascinating book proves that Christian nationalism...
17) Inventions
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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A brief history of mankind's greatest inventions, from the first firemaking implements to the Internet.
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English
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences....
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Dr. Stone volume season 3, part 2
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Crunchyroll
Pub. Date
[2024]
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日本語
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While the Petrification Kingdom's attack caused a landslide of problems, the Kingdom of Science hasn't hit rock bottom! As Senku and the crew plan a counterattack, espionage and alliances become their biggest aid. Now it's sink or swim in the war at sea. Includes the episodes: The Kingdom Of Science's Counterattack; The Medusa's True Face; Deal Game, Test Of Wit; Battle In Three Dimensions; Total War; JOKER; Flicker Of Doom; Last Man Standing; First...
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