Tom Tucker
Auteur van Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors
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Tom Tucker is an award-winning author who writes often about the history of invention. His most recent publication, The Eclipse Project, was issued by NASA, the result of a fellowship administered by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and Stanford University. He lives in Rutherfordton, North toon meer Carolina with his family toon minder
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The stories of twenty American kid inventors.
Not as satisfying as I wanted it to be, honestly. Interesting to realize that Franklin almost certainly did not do the kite thing, and of course the wacky parlor-game atmosphere of early electrical science is always fun to read about. I think I actually wanted more details about Franklin's other hoaxes, for one thing.
Also, Priestly comes off very badly in this book, which is a strange contrast to the Steven Johnson book I read last summer. In that, he seemed flawed but interesting, whereas Tucker is brutal about both his looks and his personality: basically, a sycophantic weirdo.
It's one of those books that contrasts with other books I've read in a way that makes me wonder about the biases of all the authors. History can be interesting that way.… (meer)
Also, Priestly comes off very badly in this book, which is a strange contrast to the Steven Johnson book I read last summer. In that, he seemed flawed but interesting, whereas Tucker is brutal about both his looks and his personality: basically, a sycophantic weirdo.
It's one of those books that contrasts with other books I've read in a way that makes me wonder about the biases of all the authors. History can be interesting that way.… (meer)
A nice assortment of examples of everyday items that were invented by children. Childhood is a prime time for thinking outside the box, even though school districts require them to fill in the bubbles. This book shows that children can come up with solutions to problems that are successful, well used solutions. I would use this book in a lesson about inventions, and use it to launch research into the history of common and useful items.
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The author seems inclined to freely criticize , not just Franklin, but others who appear here and there in the narrative.
He “picks on” John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Buffon, among others and presents Joseph Priestley as if he were a complete nincompoop …. he wasn’t.
Anyway, while the central theory of the book may have been a bit light, Franklin’s kite experiment was a hoax and may have led to the U. s. Becoming a nation, the story is told well enough to hold interest and is entertaining… (meer)