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What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors

Title
What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford.
Author
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
Publication
  • Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2012]
  • ©2012

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Additional Authors
  • Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952-
  • Boos, Ben, 1971-
  • Ford, AG
Description
36 pages : color illustrations; 26 x 28 cm
Summary
Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold people's pain? These are just some of the black inventors and innovators scoring big points in this dynamic look at several unsung heroes who shared a desire to improve people's lives. Offering profiles with fast facts on flaps and framed by a story featuring two feisty twins, here is a nod to the minds behind the gamma electric cell and the ice-cream scoop, improvements to traffic lights, open-heart surgery, and more -- inventors whose ingenuity and perseverance against great odds made our world safer, better, and brighter.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Picture books.
Note
  • Includes historical facts about how African-American inventors changed the way we live on paper flaps.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references, videography and webliography (page 3 of cover).
Contents
Dr. Henry T. Sampson -- Granville T. Woods -- Lewis Howard Lattimer -- Dr. Mark Dean -- Dr. Valerie L. Thomas -- James E. West -- Joseph Lee -- Lloyd A. Hall -- George Crum -- Frederick McKinley Jones -- Daniel Hale Williams -- Dr. Charles Drew -- Dr. Percy Lavon Julian -- Alfred L. Cralle -- Lonnie Johnson -- Garrett Morgan.
Call Number
Sc+ F 16-104
ISBN
  • 9780763645649
  • 0763645648
LCCN
  • 2011018610
  • 99952219182
  • 9780763645649
OCLC
727702880
Author
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- author.
Title
What color is my world? : the lost history of African-American inventors / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford.
Publisher
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references, videography and webliography (page 3 of cover).
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952- author.
Boos, Ben, 1971- illustrator.
Ford, AG, illustrator.
Other Standard Identifier
99952219182
9780763645649
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 16-104
JFF 13-475
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