Invention


The Wright Brothers
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
The Most Magnificent Thing
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Steve Jobs
If I Built a Car (If I Built Series)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel: An Illustrated Biography about the Engineer Who Invented the Ferris Wheel for Kids (Ages 4-7)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
The Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
The Last Days of Night
The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women ― A Book on Women Inventors, for Kids (Ages 8-12)
Humphrey Carpenter
“ You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how you see it. By so naming things and describing them you are only inventing your own terms about them. And just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth. ”
― Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

Amit Ray
“ Be a Columbus smell the fragrance of the new lands and discover them. ”
― Amit Ray, Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

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