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BL
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1036208
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b790578
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| Title & Author
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Inventions discoveries.
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| Publication Statement
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Columbus, Ohio :: School Specialty Pub.,, 2006.
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| Series Statement
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Just the facts
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64 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 28 cm.
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| ISBN
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076964256X
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: 9780769642567
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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imeline -- Amazing story: Timeline: 250,000 BC stone tools to 1770 structure of water -- First clocks -- Atomic clock -- Timeline: 1794 the cotton gin to 1943 colossus -- Invention of printing -- Invention of photography -- Timeline: 1946 carbon dating to 2004 a new planet -- Nuclear power -- Mathematics -- Early inventors: Timeline of early inventions -- Early farming -- Metals -- Invention of writing -- Invention of painting -- Invention of pottery -- Papyrus paper -- Natural world: Timeline of discoveries -- Dinosaur discoveries -- Charles Darwin -- Homo erectus -- Continental drift -- Story of DNA -- Science all around: Elements discovery timeline -- Periodic table -- First microscope -- New carbon -- High energy collisions -- Lasers -- Story of genetic engineering -- Electricity timeline -- Exploring space: Space discoveries timeline -- Rocket pioneers -- Invention of the telescope -- Solar system discoveries -- Hubble space telescope -- Life on Mars -- It came from space -- Human body: Discovery timeline -- Blood -- Human genome project -- Discovering the human body -- Medicine: Medical timeline -- Stethoscope -- Antiseptic surgery -- Alexander Fleming -- Discovering X-rays -- First test-tube baby -- Edward Jenner -- Surgical timeline -- Early industry: Textiles timeline -- Jacquard loom -- Muntz metal -- Story of mass production -- Construction industry -- Invention of dynamite -- Otis safety elevator -- Fantastic plastic -- Iron and steel timeline -- Engine power: Road vehicle timeline -- Invention of the engine -- Henry Ford -- Oil -- Steam power -- Super steam -- Fastest on four wheels -- On the road timeline -- Planes and boats: Aircraft timeline -- First flight -- Orville and Wilbur Wright -- Inventing the jet engine -- Test pilots -- Balloon inventors -- First submarine -- Ship innovations -- Invention of the hovercraft -- Longitude -- Communications: Telegraph and telephone timeline -- Chappe's telegraph -- Morse code -- Invention of the postage stamp -- Alexander Graham Bell -- Invention of direct dialing -- Mobile phones and text messaging -- Video phones -- Radio timeline -- Guglielmo Marconi -- Portable radios -- Clockwork radio -- John Logie Baird -- Satellites -- Electronic television pioneers -- Television timeline -- Home and fashion: Home inventions timeline -- Invention of the Dyson -- Toilet inventions -- Light bulb -- Invention of jeans -- Invention of athletic shoes -- Baby fashion -- Nylon -- Mackintosh -- Invention of the bra -- Leisure and toys: Recorded music timeline -- Musical inventions -- Edison's phonograph -- Walkman -- Digital music -- Toys and games -- Invention of basketball -- Inventing special effects -- At the movies timeline -- Food and drink: Growing food timeline -- Inventing the sandwich -- Coca-Cola -- Louis Pasteur -- Clarence Birdseye -- Inventing cornflakes -- Invention of the chip -- Chocolate chip cookies by accident -- Chocolate discovery and invention timeline -- Computer: Computers timeline -- Ancient computer (abacus) -- First computers -- Key developments -- Inventions for the computer -- Computers all around -- Alan Turing -- Internet and computer games: Internet timeline -- Tim Berners- Lee -- Inventing the internet -- Invention of email -- Mosaic web browser -- Pong -- Computer games timeline -- Fast-growing invention -- Robots: Robotics timeline -- Robot security guard -- Domestic robots -- Cyber pets -- Inventing hazbots -- Invention of mini-robots -- Robots in space -- George Devol -- Inventors: A-Z inventors listing -- Archimedes -- Galileo -- Da Vinci -- Newton -- Gutenberg -- Montgolfier brothers -- Morse -- Braille -- Edison -- Eastman -- Curie -- Einstein -- Fermi -- Crick and Watson -- Inventions: A-Z inventions listing -- Inventor words of wisdom -- What is a patent? -- Famous patents -- Patent problems -- It seemed like a good idea at the time -- Concrete furniture.
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| Abstract
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A look at inventions throughout history, from flint tools and the wheel to the Internet.
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Inventions, Juvenile literature.
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Technology, Juvenile literature.
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Inventions.
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Technology.
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Inventions.
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Inventions.
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Technology.
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Technology.
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| Dewey Classification
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609
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| LC Classification
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T48.I55 2006
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School Specialty Publishing (Firm)
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| Parallel Title
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Inventions and discoveries
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