Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships

Great Inventions in Communications

Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Paperback
$17.95 US
8.02"W x 10.03"H x 0.23"D  
On sale Mar 14, 2001 | 88 Pages | 9780887764523
Grades 4-7
Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.

Meet:

Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;

Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call – "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!" – because he had spilled acid onto his trousers;

William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War.

From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs:

• Make your own paper

• Create your own halftone image

• Make your own pinhole camera

• Make a telegraph

• Use Morse code

• Make a light fountain
Alannah Hegedus was born in Vancouver and moved to Ontario with her husband and their son. She is a librarian and is, herself, very handy and inventive.

Kaitlin Rainey is a doctoral student in English and an actress.

Bill Slavin has illustrated numerous books of non-fiction, specializing in creating images that inform as well as entertain. View titles by Alannah Hegedus
Kaitlin Rainey is a doctoral student in English and an actress. View titles by Kaitlin Rainey
© E. Melo
Bill Slavin has illustrated more than fifty books for children, including The Big Book of Canada, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships and Shooting Hoops and Skating Loops. His work has received numerous awards, including the 2004 Blue Spruce Award and the 2004 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's medal, both for his work on Stanley's Party. He shares his studio in Millbrook, Ontario with his wife, Esperança Melo. View titles by Bill Slavin
“The book is easy to read and understand, contains a great deal of material for research, and is a good resource for doing science projects on communications.”
School Library Journal

“Teachers will find it a treasure trove of cool factoids and wacko experiments.”
Hamilton Spectator

Bleeps will be useful in the classroom, where its human interest stories and revelations of Canadian inventiveness may open doors to understanding for the science-resistant.”
Michele Landsberg

“The authors do an outstanding job of increasing our awareness of Canadian Inventors…Well done Tundra, for producing books which challenge young Canadians to read and even dream.”
Guelph Mercury

About

Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.

Meet:

Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;

Alexander Graham Bell, who made his famous call – "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you!" – because he had spilled acid onto his trousers;

William Stephenson, inventor of the wirephoto, who was a spy during the Second World War.

From newsprint to fiber optics, discover ten great inventions in this fascinating book, and a great resource for science projects and science fairs:

• Make your own paper

• Create your own halftone image

• Make your own pinhole camera

• Make a telegraph

• Use Morse code

• Make a light fountain

Author

Alannah Hegedus was born in Vancouver and moved to Ontario with her husband and their son. She is a librarian and is, herself, very handy and inventive.

Kaitlin Rainey is a doctoral student in English and an actress.

Bill Slavin has illustrated numerous books of non-fiction, specializing in creating images that inform as well as entertain. View titles by Alannah Hegedus
Kaitlin Rainey is a doctoral student in English and an actress. View titles by Kaitlin Rainey
© E. Melo
Bill Slavin has illustrated more than fifty books for children, including The Big Book of Canada, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships and Shooting Hoops and Skating Loops. His work has received numerous awards, including the 2004 Blue Spruce Award and the 2004 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's medal, both for his work on Stanley's Party. He shares his studio in Millbrook, Ontario with his wife, Esperança Melo. View titles by Bill Slavin

Praise

“The book is easy to read and understand, contains a great deal of material for research, and is a good resource for doing science projects on communications.”
School Library Journal

“Teachers will find it a treasure trove of cool factoids and wacko experiments.”
Hamilton Spectator

Bleeps will be useful in the classroom, where its human interest stories and revelations of Canadian inventiveness may open doors to understanding for the science-resistant.”
Michele Landsberg

“The authors do an outstanding job of increasing our awareness of Canadian Inventors…Well done Tundra, for producing books which challenge young Canadians to read and even dream.”
Guelph Mercury

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