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Benjamin Franklin is among one of the most well known founding fathers, yet he was never the President of the United States.

Presents a biography of Benjamin Franklin focusing on his pursuits in the natural sciences, as well as his fame in Paris, where Ben Franklin dolls, ashtrays, and wallpaper were sold.

A biography of the engineer who led the team of engineers that developed the first successful video tape recorder.

Simple text and photographs present the life of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, lightbulb, and movies with sound.

A biography of Theodore H. Maiman, the engineer who invented the laser.

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.

Profiles the lives and careers of ten Hispanic-Americans whose research has influenced scientific learning in the late twentieth century.

Homer Hickam, a NASA engineer, recounts his childhood in Coalwood, a West Virginia mining town, and discusses his dreams of launching rockets into outer space, and how he made those dreams come true.

Details the history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system, identifies the people involved in the development of American highways, and looks at how the interstates have transformed the country.

Presents the lives and accomplishments of major entrepreneurs and computer scientists responsible for the technological innovations of the twentieth century involving information processing, and the development of the Internet.

Profiles a number of the minds behind some of historys greatest industrial advances, including Robert Fulton, Margaret Knight, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.

Presents the life story of Ben Franklin, one of the authors of America's Declaration of Independence, who is also remembered as a craftsman, scientist, printer, and writer.

Examines the life and career of inventor Alexander Graham Bell.

Illustrations and simple text help chronicle the life of inventor Alexander Graham Bell.

An introduction to the life of Robert Fulton, who is credited for developing the first steamboat.