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Describes the life and many notable accomplishments of the American printer, businessman, inventor, community leader, and statesman.

Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.

Presents some of the characteristics of inventors by describing the inventions of people such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Eli Whitney.

Learn about the different types of bridges, the civilizations and people who engineered and risked their lives to construct them.

Profiles the lives of twenty-five African-American inventors who made significant scientific contributions from the eighteenth century to modern times.

A biography of the man whose curiosity and perseverance led to various inventions, particularly the telephone, for which he is best known.

A biography of the West Point graduate who learned civil engineering "from the ground up" and supervised the completion of the Panama Canal.

Kelly is an ingenious inventor with 43 inventions to her credit and she is only in third grade.

Presents an introduction to engineering, and tells the stories of a selection of engineering feats and failures, including the Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and many others.

Presents a short illustrated biography of inventor Thomas Edison, and chronicles his childhood and early interest in science, as well as his many inventions.

During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

Discusses the life of Ferris wheel inventor George Ferris, explains what inspired him to create the wheel and how it was built, and describes its debut.

Ten-year-old Libby Aimes escapes her prison-like home by using a strange concoction of her father's, then tries to make her way to the boarding school of her dreams, aided by various people and animals.

Young Damian Drooth goes after an industrial spy when a local inventor reveals that his ideas are being stolen from the shed where he works, perhaps by another inventor who has no ideas of his own.

Looks at the ideas of fifteenth-century artist, inventor, engineer, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, and shows how some of his drawings and descriptions inspired later inventions such as hang gliders, automobiles, and robots.