Summary: We often think that people from a thousand years ago were living in the Dark Ages. But from the 7th century onward in Muslim civilization there were amazing advances and inventions that still influence our everyday lives. People living in the Muslim world saw what the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, Greek, and Romans had discovered and spent the next one thousand years adding new developments and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297.2 ONEClaybourne, Anna.
Summary: Everyday things like toasters, chocolate bars, and cars are only here because someone bothered to invent them. Learn about these, and other brilliant ideas, from ancient inventions like the wheel, to the high-tech gadgets of the modern world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [EDC Publishing] 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609 CLAWulffson, Don L.
Summary: Brief factual stories about how various familiar things were invented, many by accident, from animal crackers to the zipper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin 1999
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 609 WULBenford, Gregory
Summary: Reveals predictions made in "Popular Mechanics" magazine between 1903 and 1969 about what the future would hold!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hearst Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 609 BENCooke, Tim
Summary: "Explore the world's most significant, innovative and amazing discoveries in association with the Science Museum. Find out how, when and why vital discoveries took place, and learn more about the people who made the breakthroughs. Learn how the principlesthey discovered became the basis of inventions and other advances that shaped our history and the way we live today. Find out about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Welbeck 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 509 COOSummary: "An introduction to inventions and discoveries from ancient to modern times, including how they were developed and their effects on society. Features include fact boxes, illustrations, period photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and a list of recommended books and websites"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 609 INVSummary: Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects: the car, the airplane, the smartphone, the rocket, the robot, and the telescope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BREKennedy, Pagan
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 KENBurke, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 609 BURHarrison, Ian
Summary: Relates the histories of over 120 inventions that have become staples of modern life, including the electric iron, sliced bread, the wine box, submarines, typewriters, jet skis, the disposable syringe, and bar codes, each with photographs, facts, and anecdotes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 609 HarriJames, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 609 JAMRosen, William
Summary: Traces how the adoption of the concept of intellectual property transformed the world after a millennium of poor progress in human welfare, documenting how a group of inventors and entrepreneurs developed the steam engine technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Eng RosenGies, Frances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 609.409 GIEAgrawal, Roma
Summary: "Some of humanity’s mightiest engineering achievements are small in scale--and, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist. In Nuts and Bolts, structural engineer Roma Agrawal examines seven of these extraordinary elements: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens, the string, and the pump. Tracing the evolution from Egyptian nails to modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton and Company 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1989