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Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
With only three months of formal education, Thomas Edison grew up to be one of the most successful inventors of all time. Applying scientific principles to practical use, he made scores of inventions and held over thirteen hundred patents, from improvements on the telegraph and phonograph to the development of the incandescent lamp and a whole system for distributing electricity.
Edison's rise from humble beginnings and his unceasing struggle to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel.
A fun, fact-filled text by Kathryn Gibbs Davis combines with Gilbert Ford's dazzling full-color illustrations to transport readers to the 1893 World's Fair, where George...
6) Henry Ford
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explore the life and achievements of Henry Ford. Photographs, a timeline, and easy-to-read text tell the story of this great automobile maker who started the Ford Motor Company.
7) Henry Ford
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
This is a biography of the man responsible for mass producing the automobile in the early part of the twentieth century.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Women have made some of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. In this title, readers learn about mathematician and computer programmer Grace Hopper from her early career programming Mark I and UNIVAC, to the development of the FLOW-MATIC and COBOL. A timeline, sidebars, fun facts, glossary, and index supplement the text." -- Back cover.
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Pub. Date
[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the early life and education of the engineer as well as her work at NASA, where she has helped build spacecraft that can map the moon and monitor climate change, and designed missions to bring soil and rocks back from Mars.
13) Thomas Edison
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the life of Thomas Edison, one of the most influential inventors in American history, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the many inventions for which he is best known.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From his humble boyhood as a farmer's son, selling newspapers on trains, reading through public libraries shelf by shelf, and dreaming of new inventions, Thomas Edison went on to create the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
16) Casey Jones
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the life story of John Luther Jones, an American railroad engineer whose death was celebrated in the ballad Casey Jones, which made him a folk hero.
17) Steve Jobs
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Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Traces the life of computer industry pioneer Steve Jobs, a founder of Apple Computer, Inc.
18) Thomas Edison
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Discusses the life story of Thomas Edison and his many inventions, including systems for electric lighting, improvements in communication technology, and devices for recording and replaying sounds and movies.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World's Fair to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted from...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
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