Inventing the Future : A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison

Name: Inventing the Future
Brand: National Geographic Kids
SKU: 9781426322204
Price: 950 KES
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ISBN: 9781426322204

by Marfe Ferguson Delano , National Geographic Kids

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Photobiographies Series

ISBN-10 1426322208

ISBN-13 9781426322204

Publisher National Geographic Kids

Imprint National Geographic Kids

Country of Manufacture CN

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 2nd, 2015

Print length 64 Pages

Weight 200 grams

Dimensions 20.10 x 24.00 x 0.60 cms

Product Classification: Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction True stories (Children's / Teenage)Educational: Geography Educational: Geography

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This paperback addition to our Photobiography series, Inventing the Future,documents the life of Thomas Edison. This prolific American is recognized as one of history''s greatest inventors. His 1,093 patented inventions include the light bulb, the phonograph, and the microphone.

Young readers learn why Edison believed that "genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." An inspiring lesson in the rewards of dogged perseverance, Inventing the Future also illustrates how Edison''s greatest legacy is the research laboratory, where constant experimentation remains the necessary prelude to discovery.

Marfé Ferguson Delano''s portrait of this quirky original includes clippings from Edison''s notebooks and images of the inventor at work—and occasionally at rest.

Awards include:

Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People—NCSS/CBC
Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children—NSTA/CBC
American Library Association Notable Book
James Madison Book Award—Honor Book

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