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Library ISBN 978-0-7660-3963-6
Paperback ISBN 978-1-4644-0130-5 |
Enslow has three series on inventors. The first one,
I Like Inventors, is a new 2012 series for the elementary reader, and contains 6 books: Madam C. J. Walker created her own line of hair-care products; George Ferris invented the ferris wheel; Philo Farnsworth invented the television; Ralph Baer invented the home video game; James Naismith invented basketball; and Vivien Thomas was a doctor's assistant who invented a new surgery technique used on babies with heart problems.
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| Library ISBN 978-0-7660-2847-0 |
For the middle grade student,
Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies has 13 titles perfect for those readers. This series features the inventors above, as well as Les Paul who created the electric guitar; Igor Sikorsky who created helicopters; W. K. Kellogg, the founder of the cereal company; Theodore Maiman who invented the laser; Samuel Colt, who invented a handgun that did not need to be reloaded; Thomas Gallaudet, who created sign language; and Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of the bullet-resistant vest.
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| Library ISBN 978-1-59845-050-7 |
Also for the middle grade student,
Inventors Who Changed the World has 7 titles. These titles are longer in length than the other two series. Alexander Graham Bell, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Johannes Gutenberg, Louis Pasteur, Marconi and Tesla, Philo T. Farnsworth, and Thomas Edison are covered in this series.
All of these titles are available directly from Enslow or your preferred vendor.
