Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships Paperback by Alannah Hegedus and Kaitlin Rainey; illustrated by Bill Slavin

Product Details

• Publisher: Tundra Books (2001-03-14)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 88 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780887764523
• Item Weight: 267.62 grams
• Dimensions: 10.03 x 8.02 x 0.23 cm

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 Author

Alannah Hegedus was born in Vancouver and moved to Ontario with her husband and their son. She is a librarian and is, herself, very handy and inventive.

Kaitlin Rainey is a doctoral student in English and an actress.

Bill Slavin has illustrated numerous books of non-fiction, specializing in creating images that inform as well as entertain.