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How Products Are Made: Air Bag
Discover the science behind this common fixture in cars. Learn what it is and how how scientists came up with the idea.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: James Dwight Dana
Learn about the life and scientific discoveries of James Dwight Dana in this article.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Jan Baptist Von Helmont
This article discusses the life and scientific discoveries of Jan Baptist von Helmont.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Jean Andre Deluc
This article contains the full biography of meteorologist, geologist, and physicist Jean Andre Deluc.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: John Archibald Wheeler
Learn about the life and scientific accomplishments of John Archibald Wheeler in this article.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: John Logie Baird
Learn about John Logie Baird in this article that discusses his life and contributions.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Karl F. Herzfeld
Learn about the life and scientific accomplishments of Karl F. Herzfeld in this article.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Katharine Burr Blodgett
Learn about the life and scientific discoveries of Katharine Burr Blodgett
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Luigi Galvani
Learn about the life and discoveries of Luigi Galvani.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Otto Haxel
Learn about Otto Haxel's life and scientific discoveries in this article.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Robert Bosch
This article will describe the life and contributions of Robert Bosch.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Niccolo Leoniceno
An article reviewing the life and discoveries of Niccolo Leoniceno who was a scientist, Italian humanist, and physician.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Industrial Revolution Inventions
The Industrial Revolution is a phrase that encompasses the massive changes in agriculture and manufacturing processes during the 18th and 19th centuries that transformed the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society....
PBS
Pbs: Tesla, Master of Lighting
Inventor Nikola Tesla is the subject of this extensive PBS site. In addition to information on Tesla's life and work, the site offers insight into the ways in which society and invention affect each other.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science (Boston): Leonardo's Mysterious Machines
A game that showcases the inventive genius of Leonardo da Vinci, who made drawings of helicopters, planes, and tanks long before these machines ever became modern-era realities. Have fun learning about Leonardo's many ideas while you...
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World Wide Web Consortium: Tim Berners Lee Answers
Doing a report? Want to figure out how the web works? Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor and creator of the World Wide Web, offers answers to some frequently asked questions about himself and his invention.
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Images Si Inc: Geiger Counter
An image of a Geiger Counter and definitions of the types of rays a counter can detect, alpha, beta and gamma. Includes inventor and date of invention. Continue on "Next," page for even more info.
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Leonardo Da Vinci the Complete Works
View over 100 of Leonardo's paintings, drawings, and inventions. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Nikola Tesla: The Electro Magnetic Motor
Use this site to learn about the inventor of the electro-magnetic motor, Nikola Tesla. Find out why Tesla's experimentation with alternating current was so important to later inventions and use of electricity.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Thomas Edison
A good description of the inventions and life of this bright and ambitious man. As inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, movie camera and many others, Edison lived a very inspiring life. In Spanish.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Wallace Carothers
This site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology contains information on Wallace Hume Carothers and his invention of nylon.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: George Eastman
Read a biography of George Eastman and find out how his inventions and innovations revolutionized photography.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Jonas Salk
Read about Jonas Salk and the development of the polio vaccine. This article from the MIT Invention Dimension includes several links to further information on the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Salk Institute for...
Great Idea Finder
Great Idea Finder: Invention of the First Typewriter
A review of the history of the typewriter and a description of the first practical one invented by Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule.