Tremendous technology inventions
(2014)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/600/MARSICO,K
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2014]
DESCRIPTION
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781467710923 (lib. bdg.), 146771092X (lib. bdg.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Copy machines -- Televisions -- Computers -- Video games -- The Internet -- Global positioning systems -- MP3 players -- E-readers -- Smartphones -- Tablet computers
Did you know that President Thomas Jefferson used a copier? Or that one of the world's fastest computers is the size of a two-story house? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind technology inventions you use every day. From the teenager who first imagined the television to a $900 smartphone named Simon, you'll find out how we got the technological wonders that help us connect, create, and keep up
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