Buzz designs a very fast car for his father.

In episode three, the team explores how nothing shrunk the globe more than our extraordinary ability to talk to one another across the oceans and continents. They reveal the fascinating chain of events that made such everyday miracles possible by telling the story of the extraordinary inventors who harnessed electricity and electromagnetism. Their brilliance led to three transformative inventions: the electric telegraph, the telephone, and wireless...

"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Samuel Morse developed a working telegraph in 1844 that changed the way people communicated"--Provided by publisher.

"Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines. However, they all seemed too impractical. Lilian knew she could...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla.”—Erik Larson
 
“A model of superior historical fiction . . . an exciting, sometimes astonishing story.”—The Washington Post
  
From Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game...

"When Bad Dude creates a machine that makes objects grow enormously or shrink to tiny size, it's up to Wedgieman to straighten things out"--Provided by publisher.

Totally Amazing Facts About Outrageous Inventions is the perfect treat for kids with an appetite for "Did you know … ?" More than 100 facts about everything from toothbrushes, airplanes, and flush toilets to animation, ice cream, and crayons are served up in photo-packed design.