Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia (Visual Encyclopedia)

by DK (Author)

Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia (Visual Encyclopedia)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

Discover the amazing inventions throughout history that have shaped the world as we know it. This stunning visual guide explores and explains the greatest inventions, ideas, and discoveries throughout the ages, and introduces their inventors. From fire, stone tools, and the wheel to ploughs and paper, discover the first inventions that shaped societies and grew mighty civilizations and empires such as those in ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and ancient China.

In the centuries that followed, Eureka moments abounded, with James Watt's steam engine during the Industrial Revolution, Henry Ford's car assembly line at the start of the 20th century, the Wright brothers' flying machines, Thomas Edison's light bulb, John Logie Baird's television, and so much more. Read about era-defining moments during the Digital Revolution, such as the first website developed by Tim Berners-Lee, and the growth in the use of robotics in industry and at home. Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia reveals the stories behind the crucial and quirky contraptions - products of the world's most brilliant minds.

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Gr 4-6--This panoramic view of significant inventions covers everything from a 1.5 million-year-old hand ax to futuristic Masdar City, a carbon footprint-free metropolis in the United Arab Emirates, scheduled to be completed in 2030. Grouped several per page and more or less chronologically within seven color-coded categories such as "space," "communication," and "at home," entries each include a color photo or historical image; name, date, and country of origin (where known); and a brief description. Along with occasional side boxes and time lines, select figures (polymath Zhang Heng; computer visionary Ada Lovelace) earn closer looks. Several dozen additional profiles of other inventors are gathered together in a closing section. Occasional nods to bubble gum and breakfast cereal, the bra, traveler's checks, the sandwich, and similar sidelights jazz up the parade of technological marvels. VERDICT There are no resource lists in this title, but the high-quality images and a topical rather than chronological or alphabetical arrangement make this substantial survey most suitable for middle and upper elementary grade browsers.--John Peters, Children's Literature Consultant, New York

Copyright 2018 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781465473691
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
DK
Publication date
July 20, 2018
Series
Visual Encyclopedia
BISAC categories
JNF061010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
JNF048040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Reference | Encyclopedias
JNF051120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | How Things Work/Are Made
Library of Congress categories
Science
Inventors
Inventions
Discoveries in science
Technological innovations

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