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INVENTOR BIOGRAPHY |
Bell:
Alexander Graham Bell: Voice of Invention
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Alexander Graham Bell left his mark on the world with the invention of
the telephone. But he might have been a footnote in history if not for
his lawyer, who filed for the patent a mere two hours before his rival
Elisha Gray, who had also unraveled the mysteries of communicating by
wire. |
Brin and
Page:
The Google Boys
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / 76739 / Less than $25.00
A university research project that bloomed into a worldwide corporate
empire, maxed-out credit cards that seeded a $154 billion company, two
grad-school friends using a Boeing 767 Widebody as a private plane: this
is the stuff of fantasy. But it is also the real life of Larry Page and
Sergey Brin, the two Stanford Ph.D. candidates who founded Google. |
Cadbury
The Cadbury Family: The Sweet Smell Of Success
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
For 175 years, they have been dedicated to one thing: chocolate. Their
winning formula has built the family firm into the 4th largest candy
maker in the world. |
Carneigie: Andrew Carnegie: Prince of Steel
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Andrew Carnegie is the classic American success story. He rose from a
$1.20 a week job for a thread company to the head of a company that sold
for the equivalent of $12.5 billion! Believing that "a rich man who dies
rich dies in disgrace," he worked as hard at giving his wealth away as
he did to earn it. |
Da Vinci:
Da Vinci Tech
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Nearly 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci still intrigues us.
Though best known as a great artist, but he was also a remarkable
scientist and inventor. His love of mechanics was unparalleled and he
filled his notebooks with pages of incredible machines |
Du Pont:
Du Ponts: America's Wealthiest Family
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Learn of the family credo that says a du Pont's name should only appear
in the paper when they are born, married or die! In rare interviews,
family members including former Delaware Governor Pierre du Pont IV
offer an inside view of life in America's richest family. |
Edison: Edison Tech
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
He was the father of the future...electric lights, power systems, motion
pictures, recorded sound--even the tattoo pen. Life as we know it would
be inconceivable without the prodigious output of Thomas Alva Edison. |
Edison: Thomas Edison
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Life in the modern world would be unthinkable without his inventions.
More than any other individual, he paved the way for the future. Thomas
Alva Edison has rightly earned a place among the most important men in
history. |
Edison and
Ford:
Mansions, Monuments & Masterpieces
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / A&E / 74281 / Less than $25.00
One illuminated America. The other put the nation on the road. Thomas
Edison and Henry Ford transformed the world with their inventions. They
shared a friendship that spanned decades. And the fortunes they made
allowed them to create remarkable homes and estates. |
Einstein: Albert Einstein
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biographl / Less than $25.00
Albert Einstein changed the way we think of the universe. But he first
formulated some of his most influential theories when working as a clerk
at the Swiss patent office. From his rocky educational career to his
towering legacy, examines every step of Albert Einstein's extraordinary
life. |
Ford: Henry Ford: Tin Lizzy Tycoon
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Henry Ford was one of the great innovators of our time. When the car he
invented became so popular he couldn't build them fast enough, he came
up with the modern assembly plant to meet demand. The rest is history. |
Franklin: Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Benjamin Franklin's fascinating and diverse accomplishments defined him
as a Renaissance man who will be forever enshrined in America's pantheon
of heroes. He discovered electricity, invented the fuel-efficient
Franklin Stove, and authored the still popular Poor Richard's Almanac. |
Gates:
Bill Gates: Sultan Of Software
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Bill Gates is an American icon for the silicon age, a tech nerd who
turned his genius into the world's largest personal fortune, an
entrepreneur who built a dominant company from the ground up according
to his vision. |
Hershey:
Milton Hershey: The Chocolate King
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / 71432 / Less than $25.00
Milton Hershey was born in a Pennsylvania farmhouse and completed only
the fourth grade before he was put to work as a printer's apprentice.
But by the age of 18, Milton had discovered his unique calling: He would
manufacture delicious, affordable confections. |
Inventors: They Made America:
DVD / 2 discs / 240 Minutes./ PBS-WGBH Series / Less than $30.00
Two Centuries of Innovators from the Steam Engine to the Search Engine.
Profiles 70 of America's leading inventors, entrepreneurs and
innovators, some better known than others. Along with such obvious
choices as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers. Shows
innovation as both a product of and a contributor to the grand apparatus
of American society. |
Kellogg:
The Kellogg Brothers
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
One was an eccentric crusader for health. The other was a sober
businessman who turned their humble invention the corn flake into the
cornerstone of one of the most successful companies in the nation. John
Henry Kellogg and his little brother Will Keith played out one of the
most dramatic and bitter family feuds in American history, but for
twenty years before their split they were partners. |
Lincoln:
Lincoln: The Untold Stories
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 100 Minutes / The History Channel / Less than
$30.00
Recently unearthed transcripts of interviews conducted in 1865 by
William Herndon, Lincoln's former law partner, finally offer a reliable
look at the formative years of one of America?s greatest heroes.
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Morgan:
Mine Rescue Mask
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / The History Channel / 74486 / Less than
$25.00
In 1916, workers building a tunnel 250 feet below Lake Erie became
trapped after an explosion. They had only one chance to survive--an
untested rescue hood invented by Cleveland resident Garrett Morgan.
Morgan had developed the device after a fire at a sewing factory claimed
hundreds of lives.
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Newton:
Sir Isaac Newton: The Gravity of Genius
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Isaac Newton has been called the Father of Modern Science. His
incredible body of work represents arguably the greatest contribution to
science ever made by an individual. But despite living at the vibrant
center of an inspired social scene, his personal life was marked by
loneliness. |
Clemens:
Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventure
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Bipgraphy / Less than $25.00
On the trails of the Wild West, the streets of New York, and in the
shore towns of his beloved Mississippi River, Mark Twain lived out the
greatest adventures of nineteenth-century America. His captivating
novels and stories and piercing social commentary earned him worldwide
fame. |
Wright:
Wilbur & Orville Wright: Dreams Of Flying
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
On December 17, 1903, they flew into history. But the years that
followed were anything but smooth sailing. Wilbur and Orville Wright
collaborated on many things in life. Before they carved their name in
history as the inventors of the airplane, they had built a printing
press, launched a newspaper and started a successful bicycle building
business.
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Women Inventors: Mothers of Invention
DVD / 1 Volume Set / 50 Minutes / Biography / Less than $25.00
Women inventors are still outpaced by their male counterparts, but the
number and impact of these innovators is growing, and they stand on the
shoulders of the trailblazers whose stories are told here. Hear their
stories of discovery and find out why so many of their inventions went
without credit. ncludes extensive interviews with some of today's most
successful inventors.Open the patent files to examine the
accomplishments of female inventors. |
