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37.

Breakthrough! : Canada's greatest inventions and innovations

Melady, John.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Books

Call Number

609.71 MEL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:266262

38.

The Arab world thought of it : inventions, innovations, and amazing facts

Hussain, Saima S.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Books

Call Number

909.0974927 HUS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:267301

39.

Heretics and heroes : how Renaissance artists and Reformation priests created our world

Cahill, Thomas.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Books

Call Number

940 CAH

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:275563

40.

Ingenious : a true story of invention, automotive daring, and the race to revive America

Fagone, Jason.

Publication Date

2013

Format:

Books

Call Number

629.222 FAG

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:275145

41.

1001 Inventions : the enduring legacy of Muslim civilization

Al-Hassani, Salim T. S.

Publication Date

2012

Format:

Books

Call Number

609.1767 ONE

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:248566

42.

The Industrial Revolution : investigate how technology changed the world with 25 projects

Mooney, Carla, 1970-

Publication Date

2011

Format:

Books

Call Number

909.81 MOO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:241842

43.

Shhh! Canadian scientists and inventors rule : a science ABC

Cruchley, H. Diana.

Publication Date

2011

Format:

Books

Call Number

609.71 CRU

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:247019

44.

The great builders

Powell, Ken, 1947-

Publication Date

2011

Format:

Books

Call Number

720 GRE

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SD_ILS:235890

45.

The spirit of invention : the story of the thinkers, creators, and dreamers who formed our nation

Fenster, J. M. (Julie M.)

Publication Date

2009

Format:

Books

Call Number

609.73 FEN

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:178546

46.

Cover image for Scientific American inventions and discoveries : all the milestones in ingenuity--from the discovery of fire to the invention of the microwave oven

Scientific American inventions and discoveries : all the milestones in ingenuity--from the discovery of fire to the invention of the microwave oven

Carlisle, Rodney P.

Publication Date

2004

Format:

Books

Call Number

609 CAR

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SD_ILS:68747

47.

E=mc² : the great ideas that shaped our world

Moore, Pete 1962-

Publication Date

2002

Format:

Books

Call Number

500 MOO

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SD_ILS:87459

48.

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla [hoopla audiobook]

Tesla, Nikola, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Sound recordings

Instantly available on hoopla.
Cover image

Call Number

IM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:756938

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