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Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs and a running timeline illustrate important developments in the history of video games. Topics feature the console wars, arcades, online gaming, mobile gaming, Esports, and virtual reality. A table of contents, glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs and a running timeline illustrate important developments in film and movie history for elementary readers. Topics feature the invention of photography, Thomas Edison's kinetograph camera, silent film evolution to sound and color, 3-D movies, IMAX theaters, digital video, and virtual reality. A table of contents, glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book for elementary readers highlights the changes in automobiles from the first steam-powered cart to today's driverless cars. Engaging photographs and a running timeline illustrate important automobile developments in technology that brought ideas to real-life. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book for elementary readers highlights the evolution of space travel, from the first satellite to today's plans to send people to Mars. Engaging photos and a running timeline highlight important space travel missions through history, including the Apollo missions, the space shuttle program, and the International Space Station. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs and a running timeline illustrate important developments in the history of computers. Topics feature the transition from vacuum tubes to transistors to microchips, computer languages and software, history of the internet, and artificial intelligence. A table of contents, glossary, further resources, and an index are included."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs and a running timeline illustrate important developments in the history of photography. Topics feature camera obscuras, daguerreotypes and other early plate photography, film, lens design, digital cameras, and 3-D images. A table of contents, glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book for elementary readers describes the sequence of inventions that brought us from outdoor cesspits to today's smart toilets, complete with customized user settings. Engaging photos and a running timeline illustrate important ideas and inventions that have changed the way we dispose of our waste. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs and a running timeline illustrate important developments in the history of telephones. Topics feature the telegraph, Alexander Graham Bell, mobile and cellular phones, satellites, text messaging, and video calling. A table of contents, glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Elementary readers will follow the sequence of how robots have changed from early automatons to today's autonomous delivery drones. Full-color photos and a running timeline illustrate important robotic breakthroughs. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Elementary readers will follow the sequence of how wireless technologies have brought us from the first Morse code radio transmission to today's "Internet of Things." Engaging photographs and a running timeline illustrate important inventions that have changed the way we use radio waves, from Bluetooth connections to cell phones. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs and a running timeline illustrate important developments in aviation history. Topics feature gliders, the Wright Brothers and powered flight, multi-engine aircraft, passenger jets, supersonic aircraft, and drones. A table of contents, glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus, Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book for elementary readers highlights how technology has changed the way people find their way from place to place. Full-color photos and a running timeline help show how changes in ways we travel and new technology have carried us from using to stars to today's GPS turn-by-turn directions. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--
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