Thomas Edison was the man who first recorded sound, the creator of the first electric power supply and the genius behind over a thousand other inventions. This work tells Edison's life story, from growing up in a small town in Ohio to running the largest private laboratory in the USA.
Describes the life and work of the scientist who offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe.
Traces the life of the English physicist whose work on the laws of motion and gravity and invention of calculus had great influence on the understanding of the physical nature of the universe.
Packed with facts and figures, discover the masterminds behind some of the world's most incredible inventions. In the ancient world, philosopher Archimedes designed new machines for farming. American inventor Thomas Edison patented more than 1000 inventions including the movie camera and the electric light bulb. Step inside the world of invention and see where it might take us next.
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Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor and a teacher of the deaf. Bell received a patent for his most famous invention – the telephone – in 1876. The patent acknowledged him as the inventor of the telephone. Since that time, the telephone has become one of the world’s most important communication devices.
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Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He founded the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory and also created the Centigrade temperature scale which was later renamed Celsius in his honour.
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One of the greatest thinkers of all time was Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher. His work in the natural and social sciences greatly influenced virtually every area of modern thinking. He likened sound moving through air to ripples from a pebble dropped in a pool of water, hence the term, sound wave.
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Archimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. After studying in Alexandria, Archimedes returned to Syracuse. He wrote many works to explain his discoveries. Archimedes’ most-famous ideas include his explanations of how levers and pulleys can lift and move heavy objects.
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Cindy Looy is an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Biology. She is a plant ecologist who investigates the response of Paleozoic plants and plant communities to environmental change during periods of mass extinction and deglaciation, and the possible evolutionary consequences.
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was a physicist and inventor. He invented a temperature scale known as the Fahrenheit temperature scale as well as a thermometer that used mercury instead of alcohol.
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Galileo has been called the founder of modern science because of his discoveries in the areas of astronomy and physics. As one of the first people to examine the heavens with a telescope, he revealed untold wonders.
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Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician and astronomer. He is well known for his work on the laws of motion, optics, gravity, and calculus.
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John Walker was a chemist at 59 High Street, in Stockton-on-Tees. He discovered that if he coated the end of a stick with certain chemicals and let them dry, he could start a fire by striking the stick anywhere.
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Joseph Swan was an English physicist and chemist who produced an early electric light bulb and invented the dry photographic plate. These inventions resulted in a significant improvement in photography and a step toward the development of modern photographic film.
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Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito was an American chemist and inventor. She is best known for developing wrinkle-free cotton fabric. Benerito also invented a fat mixture that could provide nutrients through the veins of patients who could not eat.
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Spencer Silver was a senior scientist working to develop new classes of adhesives at 3M when he discovered an acrylic adhesive with unique properties. Arthur Fry, a researcher at 3M, learned of the adhesive several years later. He coated paper with it and made repositionable notes, and the concept of Post-it® Notes was created.
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Thomas Edison was an American inventor and entrepreneur who invented many things. He did not invent the light bulb as electric lighting had existed since the early 19th century. Instead, Thomas Edison developed one of the first light bulbs as practical electrical lighting for home use.
