Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships: Great Inventions in Communications - Hegedus, Alannah; Rainey, Kaitlin
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Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications. Meet: Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake; Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call - "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!" - because he had spilled acid onto his trousers; William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War. From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications. Meet: Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake; Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call - "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!" - because he had spilled acid onto his trousers; William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War. From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs: • Make your own paper • Create your own halftone image • Make your own pinhole camera • Make a telegraph • Use Morse code • Make a light fountain
Autorenporträt
Alannah Hegedus was born in Vancouver and moved to Ontario with her husband and their son. She is a librarian and is, herself, very handy and inventive. Kaitlin Rainey is a doctoral student in English and an actress. Bill Slavin has illustrated numerous books of non-fiction, specializing in creating images that inform as well as entertain.