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Looks at the life and accomplishments of Eli Whitney, the eighteenth-century inventor who revolutionized cotton production in the South with his creation of the cotton gin, and who later designed machines for the mass production of muskets.

Examines the life and career of Les Paul, discussing his work as a performer, and looking at his contributions to music as an inventor of sound-on-sound tracks, and as the creator of signature guitars.

Explains how scientist Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar, the super-strong thread that is used to make bullet-proof vests and other protective gear.

Presents a brief biography of inventor Samuel Morse in graphic novel format, and examines how he developed a working telegraph in 1844 that revolutionized the way people communicated.

A biography of inventor Thomas Edison. Describes his curious nature from an early age when he fed worms to a friend to see if she would fly like a bird.

Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and over 1000 patents for other inventions and innovations.

Profiles eight inventors of motion picture technology, including W.

Chronicles the life of Philo T. Farnsworth, the man who invented the television, and discusses why he has been all but forgotten, despite the impact his invention had on the twentieth century.

Follows the life and career of the man who revolutionized photography by developing a camera simple enough for anyone to use.

A chronological discussion of Leonardo da Vinci's insights surrounding topics such as architecture, botany, and philosophy, with illustrations and an examination of his attention to proportion, shape, patterns,and symmetries, and his relation to art and science.

The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.

Describes the events surrounding the trial against John Colt, brother of Sam Colt, the inventor of the revolver, for murder in New York City in 1841.

Describes the lives and achievements of the Wright Brothers, who are credited with the invention of the airplane in 1903.

Chronicles the life of physics professor John Vincent Atanasoff, who, in the late 1930s, devised a method of using the binary number system and electrical switches to create the world's first computing device, and describes how his ideas were stolen and used by the people commonly credited with creating the computer.

Explores the accomplishments of Bell Telephone Laboratories as well as the methods they used to develop new ideas and projects.