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National Inventors Month August |
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Benjamin Franklin : An American Life
by Walter Isaacson
Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped to forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class. 150,000 first printing.
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Birdseye : The Adventures of ACurious Man
by Mark Kurlansky
A profile of eccentric genius inventor Clarence Birdseye chronicles how his innovative fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture. By the best-selling author of Salt: A World History. 35,000 first printing.
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Capturing The Light : The Birth of Photography, A True Story of Genius and Rivalry
by Roger Watson
Totally ignorant of each other's work during the 1830s, two very different geniuses solved the ancient puzzle of how to capture the light, changing the world and how we see it, in this fascinating story that draws on a wide range of sources and features rare plates in color, sepia and black and white. 20,000 first printing.
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Chicago's Sweet Candy History
by Leslie Goddard
Baby Ruth, Milk Duds, Juicy Fruit, Cracker Jack, Milky Way, Tootsie Roll, Lemonheads - whatever your favorite candy may be, chances are it came from Chicago.
For much of its history, the city churned out an astonishing one third of all candy produced in the United States. Some of the biggest names in the industry were based in Chicago: Curtiss, Brach, Tootsie Roll, Leaf, Wrigley, and Mars.
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Edison
by Edmund Morris
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents a new biography of the prolific American inventor-genius, exploring his many roles, including botanist, naval strategist, iron miner, chemist, telegrapher and audio producer, created by virtue of his remarkable inventions. Illustrations.
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Making Things Move : DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists
by Dustyn Roberts
An instructor from New York University explains mechanical design principles and applications to non-engineers through 16 do-it-yourself projects, from art installations to labor-saving devices, and features shopping lists and guides to the components for each project. Original.
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The Scientists : A History of Science told Through The Lives of Its Greatest Inventors
by John Gribbin
The best-selling author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat creates a fascinating history of human scientific achievement as revealed by the lives and individual accomplishments of Andreas Vesalius, Nicholaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Charles Darwin, Galileo, Gregor Mendel, Alfred Wegener, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Linus Pauling, and other notable scientists. 30,000 first printing.
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Simply Electrifying : The Technology that Transformed The World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk
by Craig Roach
Simply Electrifying: The Technology That Transformed the World, From Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world: Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Samuel F. B. Morse, Thomas Edison, Samuel Insull, Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Elon Musk and more. In the process, it reveals for the first time the complete, thrilling and often-dangerous story of electricity’s historic discovery, development and worldwide application.
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Tesla : Inventor of the Modern
by Richard Munson
Describes how the formerly unappreciated scientist and inventor with the bizarre personal life and enigmatic behavior contributed so much to our modern world, including plans for cell phones, the internet, death-ray weapons and interstellar communications in the early 1900s.
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Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs
by Michelle Malkin
The firebrand conservative columnist and best-selling author of In Defense of Internment shares lesser-known stories about inventors who have shaped American technological progress through the innovation of everyday objects, from bottle caps to bridge cables.
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Wonder Women : 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History
by Sam Maggs
The best-selling author of The Fangirl¡s Guide to the Galaxy presents a fun and feminist look at the brilliant, brainy and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers and inventors, along with interviews with real-life women in STEM careers.
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