Invention and Technology (Great Lives) - Hardcover

Lomask, Milton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684191067 ISBN 13: 9780684191065

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1991

Synopsis

Brief life stories of twenty-seven persons whose inventions or discoveries have altered the environment to a marked degree. Includes a list of important dates in the history of invention and technology.

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8-- This collective biography reads like a conglomeration of the biographies in the old Landmark series (Random), but bound together as one book. The bias seems to be toward 19th-century male inventors--the Thomas Edisons and Alexander Graham Bells that have become cliches of western ingenuity. This makes the inclusion of men such as Galileo and Guttenberg seem somewhat of an anomaly. Sadly, no women are included (although Lomask cites the excellent Mothers of Invention Morrow, 1988 by Vare and Ptacek in his bibliography). Minorities, save George Washington Carver, are similarly scarce. In short, these profiles tread safe ground; Lomask is diligent about quoting sources, such as original biographers, but he doesn't formulate his own interpretations. A useful source for reports, but so are encyclopedias. --Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0684191067
• ISBN 13: 9780684191065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288