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Were early computers really the size of a school bus? : and other questions about inventions

Kops, Deborah.(Author).
Thompson, Colin W.(Added Author).

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Is that a fact?
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Boswell Grant Twp PL - Boswell J 500 IST (Text) 38144000346074 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Warren PL - Warren EC 600 KOP (Text) 33450000493104 Easy Chapter Non-fiction Available -

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  • ISBN: 0761360980 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 9780761360988 (lib. bdg.)
  • Physical Description: 40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
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  • Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, [2011]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.
Summary, etc.: Henry Ford invented the automobile. The first video game was created in a science research lab. A melted candy bar inspired the invention of microwave ovens. You may have heard these beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about inventions and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump the experts! Find out whether Alexander Graham Bell was really the inventor of the telephone! Learn if the U.S. government really created the Internet! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Target Audience Note:
IG 810 Lexile.
Subject: Science Miscellanea
Technology Miscellanea
Inventions Miscellanea
Science Miscellanea Juvenile literature
Technology Miscellanea Juvenile literature
Inventions Miscellanea Juvenile literature

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