Download or read book A to Z of Inventions and Inventors T to Z written by Pennie Stoyles and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about eighty-four commonly used modern inventions, with each entry examining who invented the item, how it was invented, how it works, how it has changed over time, and related inventions.
Download or read book The Story of Inventions written by Catherine Barr and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is brimming full of incredible inventions - but where did it all begin? How did these incredible inventions come about? Journey back in time, travel across the world and discover incredible inventions from throughout history. Take a ride on the very first wheel, find your way and ensure you'll never get lost again with the compass, let the lights come on with electricity, watch as the world puffs into life with the steam engine and many more astounding inventions. Written with bitesized pieces of text and illustrated with bright and engaging artwork, this is the perfect introduction to some of the most amazing inventions that have helped make history. Learn fascinating facts about the people behind these inventions and how their discoveries changed the world forever. So what are you waiting for? Let's uncover The Story of Inventions! Inventions featured: The wheel, the compass, paper, clocks, gunpowder, steam engines, vaccinations, computers, electricity, the telephone, the car, planes, plastic, nuclear weapons and the internet.
Download or read book Cycles of Invention and Discovery written by Venkatesh Narayanamurti and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cycles of Invention and Discovery offers an in-depth look at the real-world practice of science and engineering. It shows how the standard categories of “basic” and “applied” have become a hindrance to the organization of the U.S. science and technology enterprise. Tracing the history of these problematic categories, Venkatesh Narayanamurti and Toluwalogo Odumosu document how historical views of policy makers and scientists have led to the construction of science as a pure ideal on the one hand and of engineering as a practical (and inherently less prestigious) activity on the other. Even today, this erroneous but still widespread distinction forces these two endeavors into separate silos, misdirects billions of dollars, and thwarts progress in science and engineering research. The authors contrast this outmoded perspective with the lived experiences of researchers at major research laboratories. Using such Nobel Prize–winning examples as magnetic resonance imaging, the transistor, and the laser, they explore the daily micro-practices of research, showing how distinctions between the search for knowledge and creative problem solving break down when one pays attention to the ways in which pathbreaking research actually happens. By studying key contemporary research institutions, the authors highlight the importance of integrated research practices, contrasting these with models of research in the classic but still-influential report Science the Endless Frontier. Narayanamurti and Odumosu’s new model of the research ecosystem underscores that discovery and invention are often two sides of the same coin that moves innovation forward.
Download or read book The Sources of Invention written by John Jewkes and published by Springer. This book was released on 1969-06-18 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the causes and consequences of industrial innovation through the inventions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Download or read book Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments Inventions and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance written by Robert E. Krebs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance were a period of scientific and literary reawakening. Scientific development and a renewed interest in classical science led to new discoveries, inventions, and technologies. Between 500 and 1600 A.D., scientific explorers rediscovered ancient Greek and Eastern knowledge, which led to an eruption of fresh ideas. This reference work describes more than 75 experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the period, as well as the scientists, physicians, and scholars responsible for them. Individuals such as Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo are included, along with entries on reconstructive surgery, Stonehenge, eyeglasses, the microscope, and the discovery of smallpox. Part of a unique series that ranges from ancient times to the 20th century, this exploration of scientific advancements during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance will be useful to high school and college students, teachers, and general readers seeking information about significant advances in scientific history.
Download or read book How James Watt Invented the Copier written by René Schils and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 25 different scientists and the ideas which may not have made them famous, but made history... Typically, we remember our greatest scientists from one single invention, one new formula or one incredible breakthrough. This narrow perspective does not give justice to the versatility of many scientists who also earned a reputation in other areas of science. James Watt, for instance, is known for inventing the steam engine, yet most people do not know that he also invented the copier. Alexander Graham Bell of course invented the telephone, but only few know that he invented artificial breathing equipment, a prototype of the ‘iron lung’. Edmond Halley, whose name is associated with the comet that visits Earth every 75 years, produced the first mortality tables, used for life insurances. This entertaining book is aimed at anyone who enjoys reading about inventions and discoveries by the most creative minds. Detailed illustrations of the forgotten designs and ideas enrich the work throughout.
Download or read book The Illustrated Almanac Of Science Technology And Invention written by Raymond L. Francis and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1997-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated volume, this almanac serves as an invaluable companion for those who have an insatiable curiosity about the world around them. Entertaining and engrossing, this book can be used as a learning tool, a reference book, or as a fun "read." From prehistoric excavations to the invention of the X ray to the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope, each entry may surprise, provoke, and titillate you. Explore the wonders of science, invention, and medicine. Learn the important birthdays and dates of invention, as well as some captivating lesser-known stories behind such great names as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, Louis Leakey, Neil Armstrong, and many more.
Download or read book Great Discoveries and Inventions That Have Changed the World written by Gianni Morelli and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would life be like without cars, refrigerators, the Internet, or the omnipresent smartphone? Take an extraordinary journey through the discoveries that have transformed our world forever. They include innovations in technology, such as alternating current, plastic, and the robot; communications (cameras, radio, cinema); medicine, from aspirin to the pacemaker; and transportation. See what led to their creation and meet the exceptional figures who conceived them.
Download or read book The 100 Inventions That Changed the World written by Matthew Elkin and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mind-blowing volume explores the fascinating stories behind innovations that play an integral part in our lives. From cement to LEDs and the alphabet to 3D printing, the book explains the science behind ground-breaking inventions while emphasizing the evolution of the scientific method. The book is packed with full-color photographs, interesting facts, and important vocabulary terms.
Download or read book Early Discoveries written by Gerry Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents early inventions, such as the astrolobe, stained glass windows, and kites, with instructions on how to build them out of ordinary materials.
Download or read book Cool Kid Inventions written by Laura Hamilton Waxman and published by Lerner Publications (Tm). This book was released on 2020 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series motivates kids to take charge of their interests, talents, and goals!
Download or read book Gels Structures Properties and Functions written by Masayuki Tokita and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes 28 contributions to the Toyoichi Tanaka Memorial Symposium on Gels which took place at Arcadia Ichigaya on September 10th-12th, 2008. The contributions from leading scientists cover a broad spectrum of topics concerning: Structure and Functional Properties of Gels - Swelling of Gels - Industrial and Biomedical Application. The symposium was held in the style of Faraday Discussions, which stimulated the active discussion. After the symposium, each manuscript was rewritten based on the discussion and the critical review. Since the research on gels is becoming more and more important both for academia and industry, this book will be an essential source of information.
Download or read book Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries written by Jonathan Eisen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist with a revolutionary cure for AIDS is incarcerated without explanation. Valuable artifacts are mysteriously misplaced by a prominent archaeological institution. Three celebrated astronauts perish in a suspicious fire after voicing their criticism of the US space program. Yet our world’s most powerful agencies hastily dispel these alarming reports as conspiracy theories, and bury them in padlocked archives. The fact is that a suppression syndrome exists in our society. Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries exposes the startling degree of truth behind the rumors. Jonathan Eisen has collected over forty intriguing stories of scientific cover-ups and programs of misinformation concocted to conceal some of the most phenomenal innovations in mankind’s history. These no-holds-barred accounts force us to confront the naiveté—and danger—of trusting our academic and political leaders to act always for the common good. Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries presents documented evidence that corporate self-interest, scientific arrogance, and political savvy have contrived to keep us in the dark about technological breakthroughs or interplanetary contact that may shift the current balance of power. Prepare yourself for a revealing look at the research and development to which we’ve been denied access. Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries begins by examining the ties that bind the medical establishment to powerful pharmaceutical corporations. Then it details the struggle of the independent research against Orthodox Science and its code of conduct, the Scientific Method. Next, the book investigates the cover-up of information concerning UFOs and extraterrestrial life that’s certain to make you reconsider what you thought was science fiction. The final section discusses just a few of the numerous alternate energy resources and fuel savers that, if put on the market today, would soon run the fossil fuel monopolies out of business.
Download or read book Totally Absurd Inventions written by Ted Vancleave and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Totally Absurd Inventions offers the best of the goofy from the millions of patents granted during the past 70 years. Each of the nearly 100 off-the-wall inventions unearthed for this collection features the detailed patent application illustration and a lively description of the bizarre proposed creation. Need to know when your baby's diaper is dirty? You'll want to see the plans behind the Diaper Alarm. Little boys wanting to avoid playground kisses may find just what they need in the Kissing Shield. Want to add a unique Wisconsin twist to your cigarette? The Cheese-Filtered Cigarette might do the trick. Super Trash Man, the Cranium Cooler, the All-Terrain Stroller, and the Pet Toilet are just a few more of the zany but fascinating inventions highlighted in this compendium of creativity.
Download or read book African American Inventors and Their Inventions A Z written by Anita C President Ed D and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that African Americans invented the mop, lawn mower, clock, gas mask, and more? In this fun children's book, the author takes the reader on an alphabet journey while playfully introducing the inventions of African Americans.
Download or read book Journal of Discovery written by Peter Riley and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of Discovery is a unique collection of exquisite pop-ups and illustrations that celebrates these intellectual pioneers--Copernicus, Edison, Gutenberg, Watt, the Lumi�re brothers, Marconi, and Bell--and their awe-inspiring works. Readers will learn about the Lumi�re brothers, who made the first motion picture, and Guglielmo Marconi, who developed the first radio telegraph picture. They'll find out how James Watt perfected the steam engine and how Johannes Gutenberg developed his innovative method of printing. They'll learn how these ideas were received in the past, and how they continue to influence our present--and our future.
Download or read book Patent it Yourself written by David Pressman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
