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You may have heard of Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. But have you ever heard of Hedy Lamarr or Bi Sheng? Without Hedy Lamarr, we wouldn't have wireless technology. Without Bi Sheng, we wouldn't have printed books! Learn about eight important inventors and how their inventions have shaped the world we live in today.
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Date de parution

01 avril 2021

EAN13

9781398218284

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

Inventors You Should Know About
Level 30
Non-fiction
Word count: 1,902
Curriculum links: biography, science, social studies
Te xt type: informational
Extending v ocabulary: connect, electricity, emergency, information, inventions,machine
Example questions: How did Bi Sheng’s invention change the world? Explain the difference between a water wheel and a water turbine. Why is the black box recorder an important invention? What did Patricia Bath invent? Explain her invention. What makes something a good invention? Explain your answer.
Programme link:
Tamal’s Great Invention (F)
Inventors You Should Know About
by Phillip Simpson
Engage Literacy is published in the UK by Raintree. Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 264 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7DY – Registered company number: 6695582
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© 2021 by Raintree. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Capstone Global Library Limited.
Image credits Alamy: Chronicle, 21, CTK, 16, History and Art Collection, 19, Science History Images, 24 (bottom); Getty Images: Historical, 24 (top), Jemal Countess/Stringer, cover (left), 30, Michael Oachs Archives/Stringer, 1, 23, Science and Society Picture Library, 15, The AGE/Contributor, 27, 29, Universal History Archive, 20; Shutterstock: Andrey_Popov, 5 (b), Diyana Dimitrova, 12, German Vizulis, 9, New Line, cover (background), Philip Minnis, 13, Roman Zaiets, 31, Ruslan Ivantsov, 5 (t), Somchai Som, 4; Superstock/age footstock/Classic Vision, cover (b), 7, Wikimedia/Public Domain, cover (top right), 11
Editorial credits Editor: Erika L. Shores; Designer: Dina Her; Media Researcher: Kelly Garvin; Production Specialist: Tori Abraham
Inventors You Should Know About ISBN: 978 1 3982 0211 5ISBN: 978 1 3982 1828 4 (ebook)
Contents
Turning ideas into inventions 4
Bi Sheng 6
Muhammad al-Khwarizmi 8
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel 10
James Francis 14
Maria Beasley 18
Hedy Lamarr 22
Dr David Warren 26
Dr Patricia Bath 30
Glossary 32
Index 32

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