Dead Famous: Inventors and Their Bright Ideas - Couverture souple

Goldsmith, Mike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0439981093 ISBN 13 : 9780439981095

Editeur : Scholastic Hippo, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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 hi television. But have you heard that... * Bell didn't invent th 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 ofime collecting gas in bladders * Baird's telly was useless, and so were his thermostatic socks? Yes, even though they're dead, inventors

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scholastic Hippo
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0439981093
• ISBN 13: 9780439981095
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Goddard Clive
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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