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2) Tesla
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about Thomas Edison and separate myth from truth with regards to the man and his actual contribution to the invention of the light bulb. Students will appreciate the value of a team working together towards a common goal and understand how integral the collaborative process is to the world of inventing. Detailed graphics and exciting video reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. Their curiosity led them to become inventors, but with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success. This little-known story is a fresh, kid-friendly...
Pub. Date
c2018.
Language
English
Description
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.
6) Galileo
Series
Language
English
Description
Galileo was the extraordinary astronomer and inventor who re-discovered that the Earth travels around the sun, at the risk of his reputation and freedom. For refusing to support a false view of the Universe, he spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.
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