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HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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“Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight and may just change how you look at the world around you.” - TODAY Show A simple walk around the block set journalist Spike Carlsen, bestselling author of A Splintered History of Wood, off to investigate everything he could about every thing we take for granted in our normal life--from manhole covers and recycling bins to bike lanes and stoplights. In this celebration of the seemingly mundane,...
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Español
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¡Descubre "Navegando el Paisaje del Streaming: Una Guía para Consumidores y Creadores"! Sumérgete en el fascinante mundo del streaming con esta obra maestra que te lleva a un viaje informativo y emocionante. Este libro es la brújula definitiva para aquellos que buscan entender y aprovechar al máximo el vasto océano de contenido digital.Con una prosa cautivadora, el autor te guía a través de las complejidades del universo del streaming, desde...
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Publisher
Lightning Source Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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E.T. meets Stranger Things in this middle-grade novel series from author and award-winning filmmaker Nick Brooks. With crossover appeal, this fun, engaging series has plenty of nostalgia nods for adults to appreciate as well as young readers.
Something cool happening in Ferrous City? Not a chance. Until one day . . . when self-proclaimed genius inventor Ethan Fairmont runs into an abandoned car factory to avoid a local bully and accidentally...
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English
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In the dark days of World War I, when flying machines, radio, and electronics were infant technologies, the first remotely controlled experimental aircraft took to the skies and unmanned radio controlled 40-foot high-speed Motor Torpedo Boats ploughed the seas in Britain. Developed by the British Army's Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy these prototype weapons stemmed from an early form of television demonstrated before the war by Prof. A. M....
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English
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The story of W.K.L. Dickson-assistant to Edison, inventor, and key figure in early cinematography.
W.K.L. Dickson was Thomas Edison's assistant in charge of the experimentation that led to the Kinetoscope and Kinetograph-the first commercially successful moving image machines. In 1891—1892, he established what we know today as the 35mm format. Dickson also designed the Black Maria film studio and facilities to develop and print film, and supervised...
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English
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The story of how the motion-picture device was developed, and its role in Victorian society and early cinema.
The position of the kinetoscope in film history is central and undisputed, indicative of its importance is the detailed attention American scholars have given to examining its history. However, the Kinetoscope's development in Britain has not been well documented and much current information about it is incomplete and out of date.
This book,...
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