The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide to Inventing the World
The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide to Inventing the World
Brief Description: "Here is a STEM-oriented exploration of the world's most interesting technologies, inventions, and scientific discoveries. Drawing from Atlas obscura's deep catalog of tech-related entries, this book will bring...
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Brief Description: This author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau. Jennifer Swanson is an award-winning children's author of more than forty-five nonfiction and fiction books, including National Geographic Kids Brain Games and Outdoor School: Rocks, Fossils, and Shells. She is also the creator and co-host of the award-winning podcast Solve It for Kids. Visit her online at jenniferswansonbooks.com and @jenswanbooks. Review Quotes: "A valuable handbook for learning about the objects that surround readers every day." -- School Library JournalPublisher Marketing: The team behind the bestselling Atlas Obscura presents a kids' illustrated STEM-oriented exploration of the world's most interesting technologies, inventions, and scientific discoveries. Following up on the New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid, with more than 200,000 copies in print, here is a globe-spanning history of invention like no other. This illustrated and STEM-oriented exploration of the planet's 50 most interesting inventions and scientific discoveries sends middle-grade readers on an unforgettable trip around the planet and across time. Each spread focuses on a world-changing technology and how it led to or influenced the tech or discovery on the next page. Starting with the very first invention, fire, readers will spelunk the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa for evidence of humankind's earliest control of flames, then learn how fire is necessary to create another essential tech: glass, including the modern-day glass bridge in Zhangjiajie, China, that offers a crystal-clear (and terrifying!) view of the chasm 1,300 feet below. As you gaze at comets through telescopes, create unbreakable codes, zap space garbage with lasers, and break supersonic records in the world's fastest car, gorgeously illustrated scenes will transport readers across continents and centuries into a world of wonder and discovery. Review Citations:
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Author: Thuras, Dylan
Publisher: Workman Kids
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2025-08-12
BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction / Curiosities & Wonders|Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Discoveries|Juvenile Nonfiction / Travel|Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / History of Science
Subjects: Inventions|History|Inventors|Travel|Informational works
Weight: 2.1 lbs
ISBN: 9781523516889
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781523516889
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