Inventors & Inventions
- Cathedral, forge, and waterwheel: technology and invention in the Middle Ages. Frances & Joseph Gies. 609 GIE
- Centers of invention. 609 CEN
- Created equal: the lives and ideas of Black American innovators. James Michael Brodie. 925 BRO
- Frontline of discovery: science on the brink of tomorrow. 600 FRO
- Garden of invention: the stories of garden inventors & their innovations. George Drower. 635.09 DRO
- Great inventions: geniuses and gizmos: innovation in our time. 608 GRE
- The greatest inventions of the past 2,000 years. 609 GRE
- Hiding the elephant: how magicians invented the impossible and learned to disappear. Jim Steinmeyer. 793.8 STE
- A history of great inventions. James Dyson. 609 DYS
- House of invention: the secret life of everyday products. David Lindsay. 609 LIN
- InfoCulture: the Smithsonian book of the inventions of the Information Age. Steven Lubar. 303.483 LUB
- Inventing beauty: a history of the innovations that have made us beautiful. Teresa Riordan. 391.6 RIO
- Inventing modern America: from the microwave to the mouse. David E. Brown. 609 BRO
- Invention by design: how engineers get from thought to thing. Henry Petroski. 620.004 PET
- Inventive genius. 609 INV
- The kid who invented the trampoline: more surprising stories about inventions. Don L. Wulffson. Y 609 WUL
- The lunar men: five friends whose curiosity changed the world. Jenny Uglow. 609 UGL
- Made in U.S.A.: the secret histories of the things that made America. Phil Patton. 609 PAT
- Mothers of invention: from the bra to the bomb: forgotten women & their unforgettable ideas. Ethlie Ann Vare. 609 VAR
- The new how things work: everyday technology explained. John Langone. 600 LAN
- On the shoulders of giants: the great works of physics and astronomy. 520.9 ONT
- The 100 greatest inventions of all time: ranking past and present. Tom Philbin. 608.7 PHI
- Patently female: from AZT to TV dinners: stories of women inventors and their breakthrough ideas. Ethlie Ann Vare, Greg Ptacek. 609 VAR
- The scientists: a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors. John Gribbin. 509.2 GRI
- They all laughed–: from light bulbs to lasers, the fascinating stories behind the great inventions that have changed our lives. Ira Flatow. 609 FLA
- The World Book encyclopedia of science. 503 WOR
INDIVIDUAL INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
- Albert Einstein: a biography. Albrecht Folsing. B Einstein
- Analog days: the invention and impact of the Moog synthesizer. Trevor Pinch, Frank Trocco. 786.7 PIN
- Ben Franklin’s almanac: being a true account of the good gentleman’s life. Candace Fleming. Y 973.309 FLE
- Benjamin Franklin: an American life. Walter Isaacson. B Franklin
- Bright earth: art and the invention of color. Philip Ball. 701.85 BAL
- The chip: how two Americans invented the microchip and launched a revolution. T.R. Reid. 621.381 REI
- Copies in seconds: how a lone inventor and an unknown company created the biggest communication breakthrough since Gutenberg: Chester Carlson and the birth of the Xerox machine. David Owen. 686.4 OWE
- Edison & the electric chair: a story of light and death. Mark Essig. 364.66 ESS
- Edison, inventing the century. Neil Baldwin. B Edison
- Empires of light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world. Jill Jonnes. 621.309 JON
- Fleet fire: Thomas Edison and the pioneers of the electric revolution. L.J. Davis. 621.309 DAV
- Gutenberg: how one man remade the world with words. John Man. 686.1 MAN
- Lightning man: the accursed life of Samuel F.B. Morse. Kenneth Silverman. B Morse
- A man of ideas: the biography of Dr. Waldo Lonsbury Semon, inventor of plasticized polyvinyl chloride. B Semon
- Steam: the untold story of America’s first great invention. Andrea J. Sutcliffe. 623.82 SUT
- Tube: the invention of television. David E. Fisher and Marshall Jon Fisher. 621.388 FIS
- The Wright brothers and the invention of the aerial age. Tom D. Crouch, Peter L. Jakab. 629.13 CRO
RESOURCES FOR INVENTORS
- The game inventor’s guidebook. Brian Tinsman. 793.02 TIN
- Hot property: the stealing of ideas in an age of globalization. Pat Choate. 346.048 CHO
- How to make patent drawings: a patent it yourself companion. Jack Lo, David Pressman. 608 LO
- Inventing made easy: the entrepreneur’s indispensable guide to creating, patenting, and profiting from inventions. Tom & Roger Bellavance. 608 BEL
- Marketing your invention. Thomas E. Mosley, Jr. 608.7 MOS
- Nolo’s patents for beginners. David Pressman, Richard Stim. 346.048 PRE
- Patent, copyright & trademark. Richard Stim. 346.048 STI
- Patent it yourself. David Pressman. 346.048 PRE
- Patent pending in 24 hours. Richard Stim, David Pressman. 346.048 STI
- Patents, copyrights & trademarks for dummies. Henri Charmasson. 346.048 CHA
FICTION
- Dawn over Kitty Hawk: the novel of the Wright brothers. Walter J. Boyne. Fic BOY
- George Washington Carver: inventor and naturalist. Sam Wellman. Large Type Fic WEL
REFERENCE
- Encyclopedia of world biography. R 920 ENC
- Famous first facts: a record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history. Joseph Nathan Kane. R 031.02 KAN
- World of invention. R 609 WOR
- World of scientific discovery. R 503 WOR
DVDS / VIDEOS
- Accidental inventions: 10 inventions, 10 extraordinary stories. DVD 609
- Alistair’s time machine. DVD Children R
- Benjamin Franklin: scientist & inventor. VIDEO Children
- Edison: the wizard of light. VIDEO Children I
- Einstein: light to the power of 2. VIDEO Children I
- Leonardo: a dream of flight. VIDEO Children I
- Marie Curie: more than meets the eye. VIDEO Children I
- Newton: a tale of two Isaacs. VIDEO Children I
- Tesla: master of lightning. VIDEO B Tesla
- Wilbur & Orville: dreams of flying. VIDEO B Wright
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- The adventurous chef: Alexis Soyer. Ann Arnold. JB Soyer
- African-American inventors: Lonnie Johnson, Frederick McKinley Jones, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Augustus Morgan. Fred M.B. Amram. J 608.7 AMR
- Alexander Graham Bell and the story of the telephone. John Bankston. JB Bell
- American computer pioneers. Mary Northrup. J 004.092 NOR
- Benjamin Franklin: inventor and patriot. Carin T. Ford. EB Franklin
- Bright ideas: the age of invention in America, 1870-1910. Ann Rossi. J 609 ROS
- Charles Ginsburg: video wizard. Barbara Taylor. JB Ginsburg
- Cyrus McCormick and the mechanical reaper. Lisa J. Aldrich. JB McCormick
- Dr. An Wang: computer pioneer. Jim Hargrove. JB Wang
- Edwin Land: photographic pioneer. Scott McPartland. JB Land
- Flick a switch: how electricity gets to your home. Barbara Seuling. E 621.3 SEU
- Einstein: visionary scientist. John B. Severance. JB Einstein
- 53 1/2 things that changed the world and some that didn’t. Steve Parker. J 609 PAR
- Fine print: a story about Johann Gutenberg. Joann Johansen Burch. JB Gutenberg
- First flight: the story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers. E 629.13 SHE
- Five notable inventors. Wade Hudson. E 609 HUD
- George Eastman and the story of photographic film. Joanne Mattern. JB Eastman
- Gertrude Elion: master chemist. Stephanie St. Pierre. JB Elion
- Gordon Gould: laser man. Scott McPartland. JB Gould
- Guglielmo Marconi: radio pioneer. Beverley Birch. JB Marconi
- Henry’s amazing machine. Dayle Ann Dodds. Pic DOD
- Here’s what you do when you can’t find your shoe: ingenious inventions for pesky problems. Andrea Perry. J 811 PER
- Ice-cream cones for sale! Elaine Greenstein. J 637.4 GRE
- Igor Sikorsky: father of the helicopter. Steven Otfinoski. JB Sikorsky
- Imaginative inventions: the who, what, where, when, and why of roller skates, potato chips, marbles, and pie and more! Charise Mericle Harper. E 609 HAR
- Inventing the future: a photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison. Marfe Ferguson Delano. JB Edison
- Inventions explained: a beginner’s guide to technological breakthroughs. Richard Platt. J 609 PLA
- Inventions: inventors & ingenious ideas. Peter Turvey; David Salariya. J 609 TUR
- James Watt: master of the steam engine. Anna Sproule. JB Watt
- Johann Gutenberg and the amazing printing press. Bruce Koscielniak. J 686.2 KOS
- Jonas Salk. Deanne Durrett. JB Salk
- Karl Benz and the single cylinder engine. John Bankston. JB Benz
- The kids’ invention book. Arlene Erlbach. J 608 ERL
- Lise Meitner: discoverer of nuclear fission. Rachel Stiffler Barron. JB Meitner
- Louis Daguerre and the story of the daguerreotype. John Bankston. JB Daguerre
- Madam C. J. Walker: pioneer businesswoman. Marlene Toby. EB Walker
- Made in China: ideas and inventions from ancient China. Suzanne Williams. J 951 WIL
- Maker of machines: a story about Eli Whitney. Barbara Mitchell. JB Whitney
- Marvelous Mattie: how Margaret E. Knight became an inventor. Emily Arnold McCully. EB Knight
- Medical advances. Steve Parker. J 610 PAR
- Medical technology: inventing the instruments. Robert Mulcahy. J 610.28 MUL
- My brothers’ flying machine: Wilbur, Orville, and me. Jane Yolen. EB Wright
- Ordinary genius: the story of Albert Einstein. Stephanie Sammartino McPherson. JB Einstein
- Queen of inventions: how the sewing machine changed the world. Laurie Carlson. J 646.2 CAR
- Radio boy. Sharon Phillips Denslow. E DEN
- The real McCoy: the life of an African-American inventor. Wendy Towle. JB McCoy
- The remarkable Benjamin Franklin. Cheryl Harness. JB Franklin
- Robert Fulton: and the development of the steamboat. Morris A. Pierce. JB Fulton
- Rockets and spacecraft. Robert Snedden. J 629.4 SNE
- Sea clocks: the story of longitude. Louise Borden. J 526.6 BOR
- So you want to be an inventor? Judith St. George. J 608 SAI
- Telephones. Gini Holland, Amy Stone. J 621.385 HOL
- Toilets, toasters & telephones. Susan Goldman Rubin. J 683.8 RUB
- Toys!: amazing stories behind some great inventions. Don Wulffson. J 688.72 WUL
- What’s inside? Great inventions. E 620 WHA
- Women inventors. Jean F. Blashfield. J 608.7 BLA
- The wondrous whirligig / the Wright Brothers’ first flying machine. Andrew Glass. Pic GLA
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