Time atlas : an interactive timeline of history

Travel through time and embark on a chronological journey, charting a brief history of the world and its inhabitants. From dinosaurs to DNA and from reed boats to rockets, this book celebrates the landmarks and inventions that have made our planet what it is today and poses the question: where do we go from here?

20th century world history

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9628824104

Collation

127 pages : illustration ; 28 cm

Series Title

Time Life Student Library

Call Number

909 WOR

What's the big idea, Ben Franklin?

No matter how busy he was, Ben Franklin always found time to try out new ideas: a remote-control lock (so he could lock his door without getting out of bed), a rocking chair with a fan over it (to keep flies away), and a windmill (to turn his roast meat on its spit). Aside from being a mad of ideas, he was an ambassador to England, a printer, an almanac maker, a politician, and even a vegetaria…

Newton and gravity

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0099237628

Collation

96 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

The big idea

Call Number

925 STR

Young physicist

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ISBN/ISSN

9810086342

Collation

63 pages : illustration ; 18 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

925 YOU

Isaac Newton

What was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive, and, oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just "by thinking on it," he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity.Yet Newton was so small-minded that he set out to destroy other scientists who dared question his findings. Here is a compelling portrait of Newton, contradictions…

Who was Ben Franklin?

Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Full of all the details kids will want to know, the true story of Benjamin Franklin is by turns sad and funny, but always honest and awe-inspiring.

Take a giant leap, Neil Armstrong!

Scholastic Chapter Book, Biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon and what he was like as a young boy

Let's drive, Henry Ford!

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ISBN/ISSN

043967624X

Collation

59 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

A Scholastic Chapter Book Biography

Call Number

926 FOR

Louis Braille, the boy who invented books for the blind

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

059044350X

Collation

80 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

Series Title

Scholastic Biography

Call Number

926 BRA