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100 1 Kespert, Deborah,|eauthor.
245 10 Genius! :|bthe most astonishing inventions of all time /
|cDeborah Kespert.
264 1 London :|bThames & Hudson Ltd,|c[2015]
264 4 |c©2015
300 96 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c27 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 Includes index.
505 0 Pioneers -- Communication -- Technology -- Transport --
Into space.
520 Genius! tells the stories behind the amazing inventions
that helped shape our modern world. Young readers are
introduced to the technologies developed by thinkers and
inventors such as Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, Gutenberg,
James Watt, the Wright brothers, and Tim Berners-Lee, and
the creativity and determination behind their discoveries.
The book is divided into five key thematic sections:
Pioneers, Communication, Technology, Transport, and Into
Space. Read about how the innovators who brought us today
s world of communications, the Internet, fast travel,
space exploration, and entertainment faced challenges and
dangers as they dared to create new machines and
technologies. Combining lively, entertaining stories with
well-illustrated information on the inventions and their
implications, as well as an activities section with mini-
experiments for the budding inventor, Genius! brings all
the excitement of scientific invention alive for children
growing up in an increasingly technology-oriented world.
650 0 Inventions|vJuvenile literature.
650 0 Inventors|vJuvenile literature.
650 1 Inventions.
650 1 Inventors.
650 7 Inventions|vJuvenile literature.|2cct
650 7 Inventions.|2cct
650 7 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science
& Technology.|2bisacsh
650 7 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions.|2bisacsh
655 7 Literature.|2lcgft
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