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Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Description
"Meet Beulah Louise Henry, a girl with a knack for problem-solving who grew up to be a world-famous inventor, in this captivating picture book biography. When Beulah Louise Henry spotted a problem, she fixated on it until, AHA! She had a hunch. That's what Beulah called the inventions she came up with to solve the problems she saw all around her. Beulah's brain worked differently. She had hyperphantasia, which meant she saw things in extreme detail...
2) Wonka
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Description
This enthralling combination of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka who is determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time and prove that the best things in life begin with a dream.
Author
Series
Izzy Gizmo volume 2
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
Izzy Gizmo loves to invent, and she's just been invited to Technoff Isle's Invention Convention. The creator of the best machine will win coveted admittance to the Genius Guild. But with fearsome competitor, Abi von Lavish, getting the best of Izzy at every turn, how will she ever come up with a plan to take first place? A follow-up to the beloved original, Izzy Gizmo returns (together with Grandpa and her crow friend, Fixer).
4) Elon Musk
Author
Appears on list
Description
From the author of Steve Jobs and other best-selling biographies comes an intimate story of a controversial businessman who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Thomas Edison famously said, "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." In this book, you will read about 10 inventors and their inventions that stemmed from a mistake. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed ... it means you made something totally new! Inventors included in this...
6) BlackBerry
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two men that charted the course of the spectacular rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone maker.
7) Wonka
Author
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Formats
Description
"Tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate‐maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today"--
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Formats
Description
What if Louis Sachar's Wayside School were a little less wacky - but just as funny - and centered on a young Black boy who IS going to be the great inventor of all time, and set in the top STEM middle school in the country, oh and it was written by someone who worked for years in independent schools, and it also tackles what it's like to live in a blended family and to stand up to a parent who's not being so great and to truly work together with your...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
655 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America's idea of the future. During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the geodesic dome, he enthralled a vast popular audience, inspired...
10) Elon Musk
Author
Publisher
Debate
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
734 pages : photographs ; 23 cm
Description
Del autor de Steve Jobs y otras grandes biografias, todas ellas exitos internacionales de ventas, esta es la historia asombrosamente intima del innovador mas fascinante y polemico del mundo, un visionario que ha roto todos los moldes y ha conducido al mundo a la era de los vehiculos electricos, la exploracion espacial privada y la inteligencia artificial. Ah, y el mismo que compro Twitter.Cuando Elon Musk era un nino en Sudafrica, sufria a menudo...
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