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Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women

15 incredible inventions from inspiring women!

By (author) Aitziber Lopez
Illustrated by Luciano Lozano
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: Wide Eyed Editions
Published: 7th Mar 2019
Dimensions: w 217mm h 311mm d 10mm
Weight: 470g
Interest age: From 5 to 7 years
ISBN-10: 1786037041
ISBN-13: 9781786037046
Barcode No: 9781786037046
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Synopsis
Discover the stories behind 15 of the twentieth century's key inventions in this fun and informative treasury of trailblazing women, who each made a unique contribution to the history of science and technology. Car heaters... Monopoly... Disposable diapers... The dishwasher... Kevlar... Maritime flares... Anti-reflective glass... Wifi... Syringes... Submarine periscopes... Diagnostic tests... Lifeboats... Windshield wipers... Ebooks... What do each of these revolutionary inventions have in common? They were all pioneered by women! Each brilliant idea is presented with biographical information about the brilliant woman who came up with it, including what inspired them. Learn how Martha Coston disguised herself as a man to contact pyrotechnicians and convince them to manufacture her idea for maritime flares, how a New York tram ride on a wet winter's day led Mary Anderson to invent the windshield wiper and why Letitia Mumford Geer's one-hand operated syringe was a medical breakthrough, among other fascinating facts. Full-page illustrations show the inspiration for and use of these incredible inventions in humorous detail. From lifeboat-inventor, Maria Beasley, to the grandmother of the ebook, Angela Ruiz Robles, each of the inspiring women in this book achieved their goal of leaving the world a better place than they found it.

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itziber Lopez offers some real-life role-models for young women in Brilliant Ideas from Wonderful Women, which focusses on female inventors. She introduces us to 15 20th-century women whose inventions changed the way we lived, even if their names are barely known in broader history... The brevity of the stories and the liveliness of Luciano Lozano's illustrations, which feature children in every possible context, make this a perfect starting point for further research. * The Irish Times *