Genius!: The Most Astonishing Inventions of All Time

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W. W. Norton

Annotation: Shares the stories behind inventions that have helped shaped the modern world, exploring innovations in such areas as technology and space while profiling distinguished thinkers and inventors including as Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci and the Wright brothers.

Genre: [Technology]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #110335

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Common Core/STEAM: STEAM

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 09/08/17

Pages: 96 pages

ISBN: 0-500-65043-8

ISBN 13: 978-0-500-65043-1

Dewey: 608

Dimensions: 27 cm.

Subject Heading:
Inventions. Juvenile literature.
Inventors. Juvenile literature.
Inventions.
Inventors.

Language: English

Reviews:

School Library Journal (Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

Gr 5-8 This look at innovations over the years treads familiar territory. The 21 selections are presented thematically, rather than by when they were created, and are divided into the following chapters: "Pioneers," "Communication," "Technology," "Transport," and "Into Space." Each four-page entry focuses on the product's creator (background, challenges faced) and two or three facts about the invention. There is a full-page illustration or photograph of each inventor, which places them in historical context. Readers will also find information about the uses or changes to the invention in modern times. No new ground is covered here (innovations include the Archimedes screw, telephone, light bulb, airplane, and telescope), and there isn't enough material here for reports. VERDICT Keep Lionel Bender's Invention (DK, 2013), and skip this title. Elizabeth Kahn, Patrick F. Taylor Science &; Technology Academy, Jefferson, LA

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School Library Journal (Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 4-7

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.

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