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Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships

Great Inventions in Communications

by (author) Alannah Hegedus & Kaitlin Rainey

illustrated by Bill Slavin

Publisher
Tundra
Initial publish date
Mar 2001
Category
General, General, Inventions
Recommended Age
9 to 12
Recommended Grade
4 to 7
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887764523
    Publish Date
    Mar 2001
    List Price
    $19.99

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Description

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

About the authors

Alannah Hegedus' profile page

Kaitlin Rainey's profile page

Multiple award winning illustrator Bill Slavin was born in Belleville, Ontario. His work includes the acclaimed 'Stanley's Party' written by Linda Bailey, 'Who Broke the teapot!' as well as more than 100 award winning children's books.
Among his many honours, Bill has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, the California Young Reader Medal and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature. Recently, he has returned to his childhood love of comics and graphic novels, writing and illustrating the graphic novel trilogy Elephants Never Forget, as now the Mordecai Crow trilogy. Quid Pro Crow is Bil's second book with Renegade Arts Entertainment.

Bill Slavin's profile page

Editorial Reviews

“The book is easy to read and understand, contains a great deal of material for research, and is a good resource for doing science projects on communications.”
School Library Journal

“Teachers will find it a treasure trove of cool factoids and wacko experiments.”
Hamilton Spectator
Bleeps will be useful in the classroom, where its human interest stories and revelations of Canadian inventiveness may open doors to understanding for the science-resistant.”
Michele Landsberg

“The authors do an outstanding job of increasing our awareness of Canadian Inventors…Well done Tundra, for producing books which challenge young Canadians to read and even dream.”
Guelph Mercury

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