Journal of Discovery

Peter Riley

ISBN 10: 1607102862 / ISBN 13: 9781607102861

Published by Silver Dolphin Books, 2012

About this Item

They were the men whose originality and genius were ahead of their time: Copernicus, Edison, Gutenberg, Watt, Lumiere, Marconi, and Bell. We all know their contributions -- among them the printing press, the light bulb, and the telephone. They are milestones of the past and inventions that we still use today. Journal of Discovery is a unique collection of exquisite pop-ups and illustrations that celebrates these intellectual pioneers and their awe-inspiring works. Readers will learn about the Lumiere brothers, who made the first motion picture, and Marchese Marconi, who developed the first radio telegraph picture. They'll find out how James Watt perfected the steam engine and how Johannes Gutenberg developed his innovative method of printing. They'll learn how these ideas were received in the past, and how they continue to influence our present -- and our future. A stunning gift for history buffs and budding inventors of all ages, Journal of Discovery is sure to fascinate and inspire.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Journal of Discovery
• Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607102862
• ISBN 13: 9781607102861
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Alles, Hemesh
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Journal of Discovery is a unique collection of exquisite pop-ups and illustrations that celebrates these intellectual pioneers--Copernicus, Edison, Gutenberg, Watt, the Lumière brothers, Marconi, and Bell--and their awe-inspiring works. Readers will learn about the Lumière brothers, who made the first motion picture, and Guglielmo Marconi, who developed the first radio telegraph picture. They’ll find out how James Watt perfected the steam engine and how Johannes Gutenberg developed his innovative method of printing. They’ll learn how these ideas were received in the past, and how they continue to influence our present--and our future.

About the Author

Peter Riley, a longtime science teacher, wrote his first book, Life Science, in 1981. He became a full time writer in 1996, and in 2000, he won the TES School Book Award for Secondary Science for Physics Now! 11- 14 (John Murray). In 2004, Peter was shortlisted for the Aventis Science prize for Survivors Science in the Rainforest. In addition to his science work, Peter has written books for an OUP literacy course, and also wrote a cross curriculum called Hot Topics (Scholastic). The series was a finalist in the Educational Resources Awards in 2009. Peter has also written for a more general audience with several titles for Reader’s Digest Children’s Books and more recently with Cowley Robinson. He lives in Burnley, England.