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Provides an introduction to the history and development of the television and explains how a television works. Includes information on some of the inventors who were influential of the invention of the television.
Author Notes
Marc Tyler Nobleman is the author of "Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman" (which changed history, inspiring both the Hulu documentary "Batman & Bill" and a TED talk), "Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman" (which made the front page of "USA Today"), "Brave Like My Brother," and "The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra"; upcoming titles include "Fairy Spell" and "Thirty Minutes Over Oregon." Marc has been invited to speak at schools, conferences, companies, and other venues from Thailand to Tanzania. He blogs about adventures in publishing at Noblemania.
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 3-5-Three simple surveys with large-print type and black-and-white and full-color images on nearly every page. Bicycle looks at early models with wooden wheels and pedals, which were added in 1839; the Starley Rover; the Schwinn Stingray; and mountain bikes of today. One section includes the science behind how bicycles work and a hands-on experiment explores how changing gears changes tire rotation. Amy Pinchuk's The Best Book of Bikes (Maple Tree, 2003) provides a more in-depth treatment of the subject. The second title explores the history of the camera from early attempts to capture images to digital photography. One section explains how the image is captured through the shutter and formed on the film. Carin T. Ford's George Eastman (Enslow, 2004), Kenneth P. Czech's Snapshot (Lerner, 1995), and Joseph E. Wallace's The Camera (Atheneum, 2000) are more focused choices. Nobleman charts the work of major inventors who contributed to the television as we know it today. The essential technology is relatively unchanged in the last 65 years. These titles are serviceable, well organized, but very broad introductions.-Rebecca Luhman, Greece Central School District, Rochester, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.