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The writer of the New York Times Magazine' s popular "Who Made That?" column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled "ah-a" moment to be the result of a series of steps anyone can apply to solve the problems we encounter in everyday life.
"The writer of the New York Times Magazine's popular "Who Made That?" column explains how better ideas enter the world, revealing the fabled "aha" moment to be the result of a series of steps...
2) Elon Musk
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English
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"From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Ahora en español, la verdadera historia del juguete favorito de todos los niños en el verano, la Súper Pistola de Agua, y cómo fue inventado por accidente. Mientras trataba de crear un sistema de enfriamiento para refrigeradores, Lonnie Johnson inventó sin quererlo el mecanismo de este emblemático juguete. Cuando era niño le encantaban los cohetes, los robots, todo tipo de inventos y, sobre todo, la creatividad. Gracias a su pasión y persistencia...
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English
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"From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America's idea of the future. During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the geodesic dome, he enthralled a vast popular audience, inspired...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"Teen Innovators celebrates the determination and ingenuity of ten young people who created their own original inventions. From water testing to windmills, these youth use unique methods to overcome real world problems"--
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Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
ix, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
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"The popular image of Alexander Graham Bell is that of an elderly American patriarch, memorable only for his paunch, his Santa Claus beard, and the invention of the telephone. In this magisterial reassessment based on thorough new research, acclaimed biographer Charlotte Gray reveals Bell's wide-ranging passion for invention and delves into the private life that supported his genius. The child of a speech therapist and a deaf mother, and possessed...
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Chartwell Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
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English
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Despite being incredibly popular during his time, Nikola Tesla today remains largely overlooked among lists of the greatest inventors and scientists of the modern era. Thomas Edison gets all the glory for discovering the light bulb, but it was his one-time assistant and lifelong arch nemesis, Tesla, who made the breakthrough in alternating current technology. Edison and Tesla carried on a bitter feud for years, but it was Tesla's AC generators that...
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Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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English
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"Meet Josephine Garis Cochrane: entrepreneur, innovator, and businesswoman extraordinaire. But her story starts with something small and ordinary: a sink full of cracked cups, dinged dishes, and chipped chowder bowls. What do you do about a chore that's icky, destructive, and time-consuming? Josephine tackles this task the modern way: she makes a machine to wash dishes better than any person can!"--
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Thameside Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the teacher and inventor best known for his work with the deaf and his invention of the telephone, told in the form of an imagined interview.
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