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Malgorzata Mycielska Impossible Inventions (Hardback)
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- Publication Name
- Impossible Inventions
- Title
- Impossible Inventions
- Illustrator
- Aleksandra Mizielinska
- Contributor
- Aleksandra Mizielinska (Illustrated by)
- EAN
- 9781776571703
- ISBN
- 9781776571703
- Release Year
- 2017
- Release Date
- 01/12/2017
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- NZ
- Book Title
- Impossible Inventions : Ideas That Shouldn't Work
- Item Length
- 10.1in
- Publisher
- Gecko Press
- Intended Audience
- Ages 2-3, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Under 2 Years
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- Science & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), Technology / Inventions
- Item Width
- 8.2in
- Item Weight
- 21.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
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A funky and fascinating collection of ideas, patents, and plans. When Leonardo da Vinci, over five hundred years ago, invented the tank, car, helicopter, glider, parachute, submarine, elevator, and telescope, he was considered a dreamer. Or even crazy. Today he is understood to be a genius, ahead of his time. This book collects ancient and modern inventions. Some are revolutionary, others comical, others simply impossible. But each testifies to the extraordinary imagination of its inventor. You'll find a flying bicycle, a bubble telegraph, passenger clouds and passenger birds, mechanical chess players, a water clock, a concentration hood, and many more incredible ideas.
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Publisher
Gecko Press
ISBN-10
1776571703
ISBN-13
9781776571703
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26038534584
Product Key Features
Book Title
Impossible Inventions : Ideas That Shouldn't Work
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Science & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), Technology / Inventions
Intended Audience
Ages 2-3, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Under 2 Years
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.1in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
8.2in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
T15.M93 2018
Grade from
Kindergarten
Grade to
Fifth Grade
Reviews
"This quirky but oddly compelling compendium of contraptions will make a lovely leisure-reading addition to STEM collections."--Booklist, "An amiable ramble past some of the quirkier highlights in the history of invention."--Kirkus Reviews, "Descriptions of over three dozen historical inventions--a few of which, at least, have turned out to be not as harebrained as they may seem at first glance. Pride of place goes, of course, to Leonardo da Vinci, though other eccentric visionaries such as Heron of Alexandria (a mysteriously self-opening door) and Nikola Tesla (planetwide wireless electric power) earn nods. Along with a squadron of vehicles that would (supposedly) fly or float into the air, the authors present a variety of ancient timepieces, including one that used scents, oddball vehicles driven by steam, a device that sorts small candies by color, the once-renowned chess-playing (fake) automaton known as the 'Mechanical Turk,' an LP record made of ice, a flatulence deodorizer, and like oddities. Nearly all of these saw at least experimental models--though, in the case of Leonardo's ornithopter, not until 2010. The entries are arranged in no particular order. Most come with labeled schematic illustrations of the invention and, on the following pages, a broader cityscape or other scene featuring witnesses offering humorous comments or critical observations ('We forgot to add brakes!'). Human figures are all caricatures, European of features except for one group of Chinese. An amiable ramble past some of the quirkier highlights in the history of invention."--Kirkus Reviews
Illustrated by
MizielińSki, Daniel, MizielińSki, Alexandra
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Decimal
600
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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