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Picture History of the Great Inventors Paperback – 6 April 2000

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An introduction to the great inventors of the world. Filled with facts both serious and comic, the book describes the lives and work of more than 50 major inventors, with illustrated references to hundreds more. A timeline provides a glimpse into the lives and times of each inventor.

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80 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Publication date

6 April 2000
Dimensions

24.77 x 0.81 x 24.77 cm
ISBN-10

0711216053
ISBN-13

978-0711216051
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Frances Lincoln Childrens Books; New edition (6 April 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0711216053
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0711216051
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24.77 x 0.81 x 24.77 cm

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Robert Borden

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M. Heiss

Wow! It will draw you in.

Reviewed in the United States on 10 October 2008

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This is a fantastic book. I have the softcover edition. We got this because we were talking about Thomas Edison and reading the Edison Childhoods of Famous Americans book. This is an excellent tie-in, and so much more.

The pages are high-quality paper, and each inventor gets a page (some get a two-page spread). You get historical context for the time period the inventor was living -- there is an illustrated timeline at the bottom of the pages. Then you get a large section of text and many, many illustrations of the inventions and ideas of the inventors. The detail is excellent, and the information on each inventor is very rich. There are all the inventors I would expect, and plenty of people whose inventions are great but whom I had never studied. So new information, TONS of information, and fun facts and trivia. This is truly a dynamite book.

The book is chronological and it includes a table of contents, an 8-page illustrated glossary at the back, an index, and three synopsis pages -- one each for the seventies, the eighties, and the nineties. The seventies page shows the floppy disk, microchip, the Sony Walkman, the compact disk, the maglev train, MIT and Apple and personal computing, LCDs, space innovations, fiber optic cables, pocket calculators, VCRs, bar codes, the Sears Tower, and historical context. It's amazing.

Its style reminds me of some of Lynne Cheney's books -- the excellence of the illustrations and all the information packed on the pages. Each page is like an illustrated biography, with so much information packed in and made clear. I really can't praise it highly enough. It took us over an hour to absorb the page on Thomas Edison. We just kept learning more and more.

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Janice A. Rust

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Reviewed in the United States on 10 April 2009

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This book is more fantastic than I realized. I was browsing at Amazon's website and I liked the cover. We are doing a unit on inventors and inventions. I have harder books in the ms library, but I needed something more capsulized. It arrived during spring break today and I have read it; now my husband is reading it. Wonderful book for upper ELD and Special Ed. Teaqcher-Librarian

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Great book

Reviewed in the United States on 8 January 2009

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This book is a great introduction to inventors for my 5-year-old. It has great illustrations that he enjoys. Also, the text is not too complex for a 5-year-old.For an older child, you would probably want something with more detailed text.

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Kholt

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Reviewed in the United States on 27 December 2012

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My nephew loves this book. He's ten and is an inventor in the making. He's also a very good reader for his age and the book was written in suitable language for a 10-12 year old.

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