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Were Early Computers Really the Size of a School Bus?

by Deborah Kops
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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?
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Series: Is That a Fact? Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

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  • ISBN: 9780761372196
  • Release date: January 1, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9780761372196
  • File size: 16562 KB
  • Release date: January 1, 2011

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OverDrive Read
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subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction Technology

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.4
Lexile® Measure:810
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

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?
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Juvenile Nonfiction Technology