Scientists, Kelly Mass
Scientists, Kelly Mass
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Scientists
The Wright Brothers, Michael Faraday, and George Stephenson

Author: Kelly Mass

Narrator: Chris Newman

Unabridged: 2 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Efalon Acies

Published: 08/16/2023


Synopsis

This book contains three biographies:
The Wright Brothers - Orville and Wilbur Wright were 2 American air travel leaders who are commonly credited with developing, structure, and flying the world's first effective motor-driven plane. On December seventeenth, 1903, four miles (6 kilometers) south of Cat Hawk, North Carolina, they made the first regulated, supported flight of a powered, heavier-than-air airplane with the Wright Leaflet. The brothers were also the first to develop airplane controls, leading the way for fixed-wing powered flight.
Michael Faraday - Michael Faraday was born in Newington Butts, Surrey, on September twenty-second, 1791. (which is now part of the London District of Southwark). He originated from a bad home. His dad, James, was a Christian who came from the Glasite sect. At the time of the winter season of 1790, James Faraday moved his marriage partner and 2 kids from Outhgill, Westmorland, where he had been an apprentice to the town blacksmith. In the fall of that year, Michael was born. Michael Faraday, the 3rd of 4 kids, needed to inform himself after getting just a primary school education.
George Stephenson - George Stephenson was a British civil and mechanical engineer who lived from June the 9th 1781 to August the 12th 1848. Stephenson, called the "Dad of Railways," was regarded by Victorians as a great example of exertion and a desire to enhance. Samuel Smiles, a self-help supporter, applauded his achievements in particular. The four feet eight +12 inches (1.435 m) basic gauge used by the majority of the world's trains is based upon his chosen rail gauge, at times described as 'Stephenson gauge.'

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Goodreads review by Frank

Während der Corona-Pandemie war immer wieder das Robert-Koch-Institut in den Nachrichten. Und wer über den Klimawandel etwas in Erfahrung bringt, stolpert zwangsläufig über das Alfred-Wegener-Institut, zu dem auch das bekannte Forschungsschiff Polarstern gehört. Und im Weltall fliegt ein Hubble-Tele......more

Joining the burgeoning shelf of science history books for the young comes this very suitable volume. Practically every story gets an equal two page spread, whether you are the ancient German woman who first worked out what caterpillars were about (becoming butterflies, of course) or the lady who wor......more