Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships (Great Inventions in Communications)

Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.

Meet:

Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;

Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call – "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!" – because he had spilled acid onto his trousers;

William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War.

From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs:

• Make your own paper

• Create your own halftone image

• Make your own pinhole camera

• Make a telegraph

• Use Morse code

• Make a light fountain

This book title, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships (Great Inventions in Communications), ISBN: 9780887764523, by Alannah Hegedus, Kaitlin Rainey, Bill Slavin, published by Tundra (March 14, 2001) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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