Geodesic Dome
It's difficult to imagine a time when the idea of a massive, obstruction-free indoor space capable of containing an entire sports arena was little more than science fiction. But Fuller's most famous invention is undoubtedly an architectural ... [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
The Rainbow Bridge
 Legendary: If you like folklore and legends you will love this book. I found it fascinating especially when the people who fell from the bridge turned into dolphins. The illustrations were beautiful and some were almost life like. A Chumash legend [... more]
$16.00
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The plastic soda bottle
Nathaniel Wyeth's most famous invention, one of the most convenient and readily recyclable items available for sale today, is the plastic soda bottle. Nat Wyeth was born near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, into America's foremost family of artists: ... [... more]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Alexander Graham Bell: Giving Voice to the World
Inspired by his nearly-deaf mother and a father who developed a visible alphabet of all the possible sounds a human being can make, Alexander Graham Bell spent the greater part of his life trying to improve the way people communicated with one another. [... more]
$9.85 (Save 24%)
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The Guillotine Squad
Full of Arriaga's trademark humor and irony present in his films and novels, The Guillotine Squad takes us back to one of the most exciting times in Mexican history. Feliciano Velasco y Borbolla de la Fuente, a lawyer, sells his famous invention, the [... more]
$8.09 (Save 38%)
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Alexander Graham Bell: Giving Voice to the World
Inspired by his nearly-deaf mother and a father who developed a visible alphabet of all the possible sounds a human being can make, Alexander Graham Bell spent the greater part of his life trying to improve the way people communicated with one another. [... more]
$5.99
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American Inventions: A History of Curious, ...
Every American knows that Thomas Alva Edison's most famous invention was the light bulb, but who invented the pregnancy test? How was the airbag invented? How was the first computer patented? Stephen van Dulken examines the way inventions and patents [... more]
$20.00 (Save 33%)
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Edison's Most Famous Invention (LP Version)
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$0.99
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The Guillotine Squad
Full of Arriaga's trademark humor and irony present in his films and novels, The Guillotine Squad takes us back to one of the most exciting times in Mexican history. Feliciano Velasco y Borbolla de la Fuente, a lawyer, sells his famous invention, the [... more]
$11.99
eBooks |
Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity
So what went wrong?: In the 1960's, Buckminster Fuller lectured to anyone who would listen (and he had no trouble getting speaking engagements around the world) that shipbuilders, and then aircraft engineers, aerospace engineers, electronics engineers [... more]
$29.95
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Greatest Potatoes, The
History wasn't this fun when I was a kid: This is a picture book for ages 4 - 7 with lively, larger-than-life illustrations and plenty of sound effects for the dramatic moments. Kids will need help from their parents or teacher with some of the more [... more]
$15.99
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The Rainbow Bridge
Legendary: If you like folklore and legends you will love this book. I found it fascinating especially when the people who fell from the bridge turned into dolphins. The illustrations were beautiful and some were almost life like. A Chumash legend [... more]
$7.00
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