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Inventors and Their Bright Ideas (Dead Famous) [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Dr Mike Goldsmith (Author), Clive Goddard (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Hippo; 1 edition (18 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0439981093
  • ISBN-13: 978-0439981095
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 106,760 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #68 in  Books > History > Social & Economic History > Inventions

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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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4.0 out of 5 stars Inventors and Their Bright Ideas, 29 Mar 2005
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This book was quite interesting, giving a detailed description of several famous and not so famous inventors of many devices we use today. It had both facts and fun, but somewhat lacked the upbeat quality of other Dead Famous books. However, this is a good read for you and educational for your child. Definitely worth the money!
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A good 'follow-on' from the `Famous Lives/Famous People' series, for an older child., 29 Nov 2006
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From the popular DEAD FAMOUS series of books `Inventors and their Bright Ideas`.

`If it wasn`t for whoever it was who invented reading and whoever else invented introductions, you wouldn`t be reading this introduction now. It`s a stunning thought, isn`t it? Good old inventors - you can probably think of loads of them and the great things they invented.....The thing is, dead famous inventors have got a bit of a tendency not to have done what they`re famous for. This book is just full of surprises like that (not to mention a talking dog)......there's more to being an inventor than being first to think something up.......'


207 pages, split into chapters:-

Introduction
Ancient Archimedes and his menacing machinery
Leonardo da Vinci and his secret submarine
Inventors wanted
James Watt and his hot-and-cold machine
George Stephenson and his risky railways
Thomas Edison and his innumerable inventions
Alexander Graham Bell and his very irritating phone
The Wright brothers and their unflappable flying machines
Guglielmo Marconi and his endless esses
John Logie Baird and his spinning telly
Inventors `R' us
Dead Famous Inventions : wheels to starships in easy-to-swallow chunks

Written in a variety of fonts with humorous black and white cartoon illustrations throughout, this is a good read for an older child.
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