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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This . . . picture book biography explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry. Before Xbox and Playstation and Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadgety things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer--a professional tinkerer! In the 1970s, Jerry decided to tinker with video games. Back then, if players wanted a new video game,...
Author
Publisher
Orange Mosquito, an imprint of Welbeck Children's Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"AWESOME ACCIDENTS is a tribute to human trial and error. Microwave oven, Super Glue, X-rays, fireworks, and potato chips -- all of these clever creations were the result of an awesome accident. Discover the fantastic stories of the creative geniuses who transformed their mistakes, miscalculations, and mix-ups into these and many other outstanding inventions that improved our world -- and saved lives."--
2985) Playtime engineering
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Series
Publisher
MIT Kids Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the basic concepts of engineering that centers around playtime.
Author
Series
Stranger things ; 1
Publisher
Abdo Spotlight
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dustin arrives at Camp Know Where to navigate the new social hierarchy without the support of his Hawkins adventuring party. While also faced with nerdy bullies, a new menace haunts the young scientists and camp counselors. A mysterious Albert Einstein masked figure with sinister intent arrives to disrupt the serene woodland scene. The solution won't take rocket science, but Dustin will have to get on the same wavelength as Suzie and the other campers...
Author
Series
Stranger things ; 4
Publisher
Abdo Spotlight
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dustin arrives at Camp Know Where to navigate the new social hierarchy without the support of his Hawkins adventuring party. While also faced with nerdy bullies, a new menace haunts the young scientists and camp counselors. A mysterious Albert Einstein masked figure with sinister intent arrives to disrupt the serene woodland scene. The solution won't take rocket science, but Dustin will have to get on the same wavelength as Suzie and the other campers...
Series
Publisher
Penworthy, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
With these educational toys and book kids apply coding with the Artie 3000 programmable robot that draws whatever you code on any sheet of paper, plus use Snap Circuits Jr. Select to enjoy hours of educational fun while learning about electronics and circuits with hands-on manipulatives and easy-to-follow activity guide, plus read Science Comics, a high-interest graphic novel, packed with facts on robots and drones, past, present and future.
Author
Series
Publisher
Action Lab Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"While Tesla performs a demonstration at Mark Twain's retirement party, an uninvited guest with an unmatched intellect threatens everything Tesla has worked for. Meanwhile, Susan and Houdini enjoy a quiet evening of séances and astral travel with Aleister Crowley. In Vienna, the Cult continues its attempts to recruit a starving artist with a unique destiny"--
Author
Series
Stranger things ; 2
Publisher
Abdo Spotlight
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dustin arrives at Camp Know Where to navigate the new social hierarchy without the support of his Hawkins adventuring party. While also faced with nerdy bullies, a new menace haunts the young scientists and camp counselors. A mysterious Albert Einstein masked figure with sinister intent arrives to disrupt the serene woodland scene. The solution won't take rocket science, but Dustin will have to get on the same wavelength as Suzie and the other campers...
Author
Series
Stranger things ; 3
Publisher
Abdo Spotlight
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dustin arrives at Camp Know Where to navigate the new social hierarchy without the support of his Hawkins adventuring party. While also faced with nerdy bullies, a new menace haunts the young scientists and camp counselors. A mysterious Albert Einstein masked figure with sinister intent arrives to disrupt the serene woodland scene. The solution won't take rocket science, but Dustin will have to get on the same wavelength as Suzie and the other campers...
Publisher
Barrington Public Library
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Ex Machina: Caleb, a 24-year-old coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb,...
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Visitor: Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds...
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