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8) Elon Musk
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"When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies ... But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. His father's impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission,...
9) Girls & young women inventing: twenty true stories about inventors plus how you can be one yourself
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Examines twenty young female inventors and their creations, from Jennifer Donabar and her electric lock to Jeanie Low and her kiddie stool.
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
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While twins Ella and Herbie help the handyman Mr. Mital work on their new home, he tells them about such inventors as Granville Woods, Dr. Henry T. Sampson, and James West, giving them a new view of their heritage as African-Americans.
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Frank Einstein volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Frank Einstein elsker å finne ut hvordan ting fungerer når han konstruerer maskiner til hjemmebruk. De er femti prosent vitenskap, femti prosent fantasi og hundre og ti prosent oppsiktsvekkende. En dag slår lynet ned i et mislykket eksperiment i garasjelaboratoriet, og en liten gnist vekker til live de to robotene Frank har funnet opp. Klink viser seg å være en virrete vitsemaker, mens Klank er av det mer sarkastiske slaget. Selv om ingen av...
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The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged from Ada's father, who was infamously "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," Ada's mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada's mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education...
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