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Horribly Famous: Inventors and their Bright Ideas Award-winning author/illustrator

by Dr Mike Goldsmith (author) and Clive Goddard (illustrator)

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You’ve probably heard of a few inventors and their bright ideas…

  • Alexander Graham Bell and his telephone
  • George Stevenson and his Rocket (which was really a train)
  • John Logie Baird and his television.

But did you know that…

  • Bell didn’t invent the phone, but he did make a weird machine out of hay and a human ear
  • Stevenson didn’t invent the train, but he did spend a lot of time collecting gas in bladders
  • Baird’s telly was useless, and so were his thermostatic socks?

Yes, even though they’re dead, inventors are still full of surprises – and you can meet ten of history’s barmiest bright sparks in here. Get the inside story from their long-lost notebooks, read the newspapers as their groundbreaking inventions hit the headlines, and discover the stories behind some of the greatest ideas in the world!

Product Details

Series

Horribly Famous

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407111766

Date published

April 5th, 2010

Other details
  • 208 pages
Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Dr Mike Goldsmith

Dr Mike Goldsmith is a qualified astro-physicist, working at the National Physical Laboratory. His book on Einstein in the Dead Famous series was shortlisted for the 2002 Aventis junior prize for science writing and he has written Scientists and Inventors in the same series.

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  1. Salma Sarhan
    on 13 October 2016

    Good Book

    It is a good book to make the children think.

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    its a good book