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A collection of profiles of children and young adults whose scientific inventions made an impact on the world, including Louis Braille who discovered a way for the blind to read and write.
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"McCutcheon profiles nine lads and lasses from the last two centuries who at least began making names for themselves in science or invention while children or teenagers..." -Kirkus Reviews ..".offers true stories that focus on nine prodigies who changed the face of science, such as Philo Taylor Farnsworth in 'The Teenager Who Invented Television' (he made the first design for a television when he was only 14, according to his bio) and Mary Anning whose discovery (in the early 1800s) of an ichthyosaur skeleton as a 12-year-old led her to a life as a paleontologist in 'The Curious Girl Who Discovered Sea-Monster Skeletons.'" -Publisher's Weekly
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Marc McCutcheon is a bookstore owner and the author of Roget's Super Thesaurus , Descriptionary , The Compass in Your Nose and Other Astonishing Facts About Humans and 12 other books. He lives in Maine.
Jon Cannell is an accomplished designer and founder of Jon Cannell Design. His clients include several Fortune 500 companies. He lives in Washington state.
Jon Cannell is an accomplished designer and founder of Jon Cannell Design. His clients include several Fortune 500 companies. He lives in Washington state.
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- PublisherChronicle Books Llc
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0811854515
- ISBN 13 9780811854511
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages85
- IllustratorCannell Jon
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