Tin Cans to Technology

Connect with the Pioneers of Technology

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  • Steve Wozniak: A Wizard Called Woz
    by Rebecca Gold
    Steve Wozniak was only 25 years old when, along with his friend Steve Jobs, he founded Apple Computer Company. With Wozniak's genius and Job's determination, Apple became the most successful personal computer company in the world.

  • Samuel Morse
    by Mona Kerby
    Describes Samuel Morse's career as a painter and inventor, and how his development of the Morse's code laid the groundwork for modern telecommunications.

  • Invention and Technology
    by Milton Lomask
    Brief life stories of twenty-seven persons whose inventions or discoveries have altered the environment to a marked degree. Includes a list of important dates in the history of invention and technology.

  • Inventors Who Left Their Brands on America
    by Frank Olsen
    An introduction to approximately 90 people (some fictitious) whose names as trademarks have become household words.

  • Brainstorm! The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors
    by Tom Tucker
    Features young inventors from colonial to modern times and includes women and minorities.

  • 100 Men Who Shaped World History
    by Bill Yenne
    Heavily weighted toward famous Europeans and Americans.

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