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Dead Famous: Inventors and Their Bright Ideas Mike Goldsmith

Dead Famous: Inventors and Their Bright Ideas By Mike Goldsmith

Dead Famous: Inventors and Their Bright Ideas by Mike Goldsmith


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Condition - Very Good
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Summary

Even though they're dead, inventors are still full of surprises - and the ten in this book are more surprising than most. Now you can get the inside story from their long lost notebooks, read the ground-breaking news as their inventions hit the headlines, and find out about their bright ideas.

Dead Famous: Inventors and Their Bright Ideas Summary

Dead Famous: Inventors and Their Bright Ideas by Mike Goldsmith

You've probably heard of a few inventors and their bright ideas..*Alexander Graham Bell and his telephone *George Stevenson and his Rocket (which was really a train) *John Logie Baird and his television. But have you heard that...*Bell didn't invent the phone, but he did make a weird machine out of hay and a human ear *Stevenson didn't invent the train, but he did spend a lot of time collecting gas in bladders *Baird's telly was useless, and so were his thermostatic socks? Yes, even though they're dead, inventors are still full of surprises-and the ten in this book are more surprising than most. Now you can get the inside story from their long lost notebooks, read the ground-breaking news stories as their inventions hit the headlines, and find out all about the bright ideas that changed the world.

Additional information

GOR000828641
9780439981095
0439981093
Dead Famous: Inventors and Their Bright Ideas by Mike Goldsmith
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Scholastic
20030101
208
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