Search

Chronicles the history and development of the Internet, focusing on the inventors that contributed to its success.

Examines the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, discussing their family and early endeavors, and telling the story of how they pursued their dream of building a flying machine.

A biography of the inventor who changed the world in which he lived with such revolutionary inventions as the phonograph, electric lighting, and motion pictures.

Surveys the life and accomplishments of American inventor and mechanic Eli Whitney, who is best known for building the cotton gin, a machine to separate cotton fiber from its sticky seeds.

A brief biography of George Eastman, who simplified the complicated process of photography so that he was able "to make the camera as convenient as the pencil.

Surveys the life and accomplishments of American inventor and mechanic, Robert Fulton, who is best known for building the first successful steamboat.

Profiles Cyrus Hall McCormick, whose hatred of farm work led him to invent a machine which made it much quicker and easier to harvest wheat, and which turned him into a multi-millionaire businessman.

Presents a biography of statesman, inventor, and founding father, Benjamin Franklin from his childhood and youth in Boston, his entrance into politics and attempt to prevent war with England, and his views on slavery and the slave trade.

Profiles the lives and work of inventors who changed the course of history, including Archimedes, Galileo, Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Thomas Edison, and others.

A brief biography of inventor Alexander Graham Bell that profiles his life and works which included the invention of the telephone.

A brief biography of inventor Thomas Edison that profiles his life and works which includes a number of inventions including the phonograph, movie camera, and incandescent light bulb.

A brief biography of inventor, statesman, and founding father, Benjamin Franklin, that profiles his life and works.

A biography of American inventor and businessperson Thomas Edison, covering his upbringing, marriages, career, and many patented creations, such as the first practical electric light bulb.

A collection of biographical sketches of inventors including the famous and the not so famous.