The Inventor's Workshop

Name: The Inventor's Workshop
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781915569271
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10 Inventions That Changed the World

By Ruth Amos

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Join two curious children on a tour through ten inventions that changed the world in the debut children's book from award-winning inventor Ruth Amos.Step inside the inventor's workshop to see how one creative spark leads to another... until an invention is born. Find out how, when... Read More

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Join two curious children on a tour through ten inventions that changed the world in the debut children's book from award-winning inventor Ruth Amos.

Join two curious children on a tour through ten inventions that changed the world in the debut children's book from award-winning inventor Ruth Amos.

Description

Join two curious children on a tour through ten inventions that changed the world in the debut children's book from award-winning inventor Ruth Amos.

Step inside the inventor's workshop to see how one creative spark leads to another... until an invention is born. Find out how, when and why these ingenious breakthroughs happened, and learn about all the people who created them.

Discover how Ada Lovelace's code inspired Charles Babbage's work on the first modern computer; see how African American Lewis Latimer's technology made Thomas Edison's light bulb possible; and much more.

This STEM book for children ages 7+ features:
Real-life stories behind ten great inventions
Mini biographies and profiles of more than 50 inventors
Beautifully illustrated timelines, showing how creations of today exist because of the long line of inventions and inventors that came before
Incredible cross-sections, revealing the intricacies of each discovery

Written by an award-winning inventor Ruth Amos, with detailed illustration by the inimitable Stacey Thomas, this the perfect book for every budding inventor.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781915569271

Publisher: Magic Cat Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Magic Cat Publishing

Contributors:

Illustrated by Stacey Thomas

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 280.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 288g

Pages: 64

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Ruth Amos

About the Author

Ruth Amos is an awardwinning inventor, entrepreneur and edutuber. A true pioneer for engaging children in STEAM subjects, Ruth's YouTube channel 'Kids Invent Stuff' (as seen on The One Show, BBC News Online and Tomorrow's World Live sees primary aged children have the chance to get their invention ideas built by real engineers.

Stacey Thomas is an illustrator and maker based in Oxfordshire, UK. She studied illustration at the University of Brighton, graduating in 2017. She is inspired by folklore, traditional crafts, museums and the natural world, and enjoys comedy, board games and wildlife-spotting in the local countryside.

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