Summary: Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC BENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BENCarlson, W. Bernard
Summary: "This is a biography of one of the major 20th-century scientists, Nikola Tesla. It is interdisciplinary, containing accounts of U.S. manufacturing in the early 1900s and other contemporary cultural materials"-
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 921 TESLA, NICOLA CARPeñas, Roberto
Summary: "The story of businessman Pedro Flores, inventor of the yo-yo."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FLOMunson, Richard
Summary: Benjamin Franklin was one of the preeminent scientists of his time. Driven by curiosity, he conducted cutting-edge research on electricity, heat, ocean currents, weather patterns, chemical bonds, and plants. But today, Franklin is remembered more for his political prowess and diplomatic achievements than his scientific creativity. Franklin was a shrewd experimenter, clever innovator, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2025
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRAWerner, Rachel
Summary: "It is easy to get to many places around the world these days-we can just fly there. In early 1900s though, it was not so simple. But the Wright brothers were up to the challenge of figuring out how people could fly. With historical images and details about key events before and after the Wright brothers' innovation, this book will help kids understand the impact of the first flight on the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, an imprint of Capstone 2025
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.1309 WERKeller, Shana
Summary: "In 1873, Jan Ernst Matzeliger arrived in America. He was highly skilled with machinery, but no one wanted to hire a Black immigrant. Jan finally got a job at a shoe factory. He envisioned a machine that would help shoe production, but people scoffed at him. Despite obstacles, he persevered"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2024