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  1. Neo Leo : the ageless ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

    Barretta, Gene
    1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt, 2009.

    Cleverly shows how Leonardo's ideas foreshadowed modern inventions. At once an artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci wrote and drew detailed descriptions of what would later become hang gliders, automobiles, robots, and much more.

  2. Timeless Thomas : how Thomas Edison changed our lives

    Barretta, Gene
    First Square Fish Edition. - New York. NY : Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company, 2017.

    "What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common? All these devices were created by the man known as The Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison. Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent light bulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions."--Amazon.com.What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common? All these devices were created by the man known as the Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison. Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions. In this enlightening book, Gene Barretta enters the laboratories of one of America's most important inventors.

  3. Now & Ben : the modern inventions of Benjamin Franklin

    Barretta, Gene
    First Square Fish edition. - New York : Square Fish / Henry Holt and Company, 2008.

    Presents an introduction to the inventions of Benjamin Franklin, one of the nation's most beloved figures, credited with introducing bifocals, daylight savings time, lightning rods, and the establishment of post offices.

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