Gadgets & Gizmos – Books for Young Adults about Invention and Creative Technology
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| Check out [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?rube+goldberg '''Rube Goldberg, His Life and Work'''], by Peter Marzio | Check out [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?rube+goldberg '''Rube Goldberg, His Life and Work'''], by Peter Marzio | ||
| and watch [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?way+things+go '''The Way Things Go'''], in which Swiss artists create one long, continuous, half-hour chain reaction using household items. | and watch [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?way+things+go '''The Way Things Go'''], in which Swiss artists create one long, continuous, half-hour chain reaction using household items. | ||
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| + | *The Smithsonian's [http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/ '''Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation'''], inside the National Museum of American History. | ||
| + | *[http://www.inventorsdigest.com/ '''Inventor's Digest'''] | ||
| + | *[http://www.uspto.gov/ '''United States Patent and Trademark Office'''] and their [http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/ '''education pages''']. | ||
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August is National Inventors' Month!
Article in the Category:Themes category.
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Books about Inventing and Ingenuity
- Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius, by Bob Iannini
- The Evolution of Useful Things, by Henry Petroski
- Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing, by Henry Petroski
- Inventions Necessity is Not the Mother Of: Patents Ridiculous and Sublime, by Stacy V. Jones
- Make Cool Gadgets for Your Room, by Amy Pinchuk
- Origin of Everyday Things, by Johnny Acton, Tania Adams and Matt Packer
- Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things, by Cy Tymony
- The New Way Things Work, by David Macaulay
Handbooks for Inventors (applying for patents, etc.) are found at 608.7.
Books about Inventors and Specific Technologies
- Codebreaker: the History of Codes and Ciphers, from the Ancient Pharaohs to Quantum Cryptography, by Stephen Pincock
- First Flight: the Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane, by T.A. Heppenheimer
- iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon, by Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith
- The Man who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer, by David Leavitt
- Mothers of Invention, from the bra to the Bomb: Forgotten Women & their Unforgettable Ideas, by E. Vare and Greg Ptacek
- Feminine Ingenuity: Women and Invention in America by Anne Macdonald
- Black Inventors, by Nathan Aaseng
- Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: the Gun that Changed Everything & the Misunderstood Genius who Invented it, by Julia Keller
- Nikola Tesla and the Taming of Electricity, by Lisa J. Aldrich
- Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod & the Invention of America, by Philip Dray
- The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret, by Seth Shulman
- Smartbomb: the Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution, by Heather Chaplin & Aaron Ruby
- Robot Building for Beginners, David Cook
- Robot Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Illustrated, by Paul E. Sandin.
and lots of other robot building books at 629.892.
Stories with Great Gadgets and Technology
- Feed, by MT Anderson
- Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
- Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld (follow it up with Pretties, Specials, and Extras)
- Evil Genius, by Catherine Jinks (sequel: Genius Squad)
- Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz (first in the Alex Rider series)
- Streams of Babel, by Carol Plum-Ucci
- Steel Trapp: The Challenge, by Ridley Pearson
- The Infinity Code, by E.L. Young (first in the STORM series)
- Airman, by Eoin Colfer (also try the Artemis Fowl series)
- Framed, by Malcolm Rose (first in the Traces series)
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
- I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
Video
Like crazy contraptions?
Check out Rube Goldberg, His Life and Work, by Peter Marzio and watch The Way Things Go, in which Swiss artists create one long, continuous, half-hour chain reaction using household items.
Websites
- The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, inside the National Museum of American History.
- Inventor's Digest
- United States Patent and Trademark Office and their education pages.
