Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)
Alexander Graham Bell: a life (1997)
Mackay, James A.
BIO: Bell

Carlson, Chester Floyd (1906-1968)
Copies in seconds: how a lone inventor and
an unknown company created the biggest
communication breakthrough since the
Gutenberg: Chester Carlson and the birth of
the Xerox machine (2004)
Owen, David
BIO: Carlson

Edison, Thomas A. (1847-1931)
Edison: a life of invention (1998)
Israel, Paul
BIO: Edison 286655

Edison, inventing the century (1995)
Baldwin, Neil
BIO: Edison

Farnsworth, Philo Taylor (1906-1971)
The boy who invented television: a story of
inspiration, persistence and quiet passion
(2002)
Schatzkin, Paul
BIO: Farnsworth

The last lone inventor: a tale of genius,
deceit, and the birth of television (2002)
Schwartz, Evan I.
BIO: Farnsworth 330603

Ford, Henry (1863-1947)
Drawing conclusions on Henry Ford (2001)
Alvarado, Rudolpf
BIO: Ford

Henry and Edsel: the creation of the Ford
empire (2004)
Bak, Richard
ANF: 338.762 B

Henry Ford and the Jews: the mass
production of hate (2001)
Baldwin, Neil
BIO: Ford

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Benjamin Franklin (2002)
Morgan, Edmund Sears
BIO: Franklin

Benjamin Franklin: an American life (2003)
Isaacson, Walter
BIO: Franklin
Cassette Books: BIO Franklin
CD Book: BIO Franklin

The first American: the life and times of
Benjamin Franklin (2000)
Brands, H.W.
BIO: Franklin

Franklin: the essential founding father (2002)
Srodes, James
BIO: Franklin

Franklin on Franklin (2000)
Franklin, Benjamin
BIO: Franklin

Fuller, Buckminster (1895-1983)
Buckminster Fuller: anthology for the new
millennium (2002)
Fuller, Buckminster
BIO: Fuller

Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
Galileo's daughter: a historical memoir of
science, faith, and love (1999)
Sobel, Dava
BIO: Galileo
CD Book: BIO Galileo

Goddard, Robert Hutchings (1882-1945)
Rocket man: Robert H. Goddard and the
birth of the space age (2003)
Clary, David A.
BIO: Goddard

Harrison, John (1693-1776)
Longitude: the true story of a lone genius
who solved the greatest scientific problem of
his time (1995)
Sobel, Dava
Adult Non-Fiction: 526.62 S

Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron (1824- 1907)
Degrees Kelvin: a tale of genius, invention,
and tragedy (2004)
Lindley, David
Adult Non-Fiction: 530.092 L

Leonardo, Da Vinci (1452-1519)
Leonardo: discovering the life of Leonardo
Da Vince (1991)
Bramly, Serge
BIO: Da Vinci

Leonardo: the first scientist (2002)
White, Michael
CD Book: BIO Da Vinci

Morse, Samuel F.B. (1791-1872)
Lightning man: the accursed life of Samuel
F.B. Morse (2003)
Silverman, Kenneth
BIO: Morse

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
Isaac Newton (2003)
Gleick, James
BIO: Newton

Isaac Newton: the last sorcerer (1997)
White, Michael
BIO: Newton

Newton's gift: how Sir Isaac Newton
unlocked the secrets of the world (2000)
Berlinski, David
BIO: Newton

Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)
Pascal (1999)
Rogers, Ben
Adult Non-Fiction: 100 G

Perkin, Sir William Henry (1938-1907)
Mauve: how one man invented a color that
changed the world (2002)
Garfield, Simon
BIO: Perkin

Tesla, Nikola (1856-1943)
Wizard: the life and times of Nikola Tesla
(1996)
Seifer, Marc
BIO: Tesla

Turing, Alan Mathison (1912-1954)
Turing (1999)
Hodges, Andrew
Adult Non-Fiction: 100 G

Wren, Christopher, Sir (1632-1723)
His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher
Wren (2001)
Tinniswood, Adrian
BIO: Wren

Wright, Orville (1871-1948)
Wright, Wilbur (1867-1912)
The flyers: in search of Wilbur and Orville
Wright (2003)
Adams, Noah
Adult Non-Fiction: 629.13 A

Collections…
Empire of the air: the men who made radio
(1991)
Lewis, Thomas S.W.
Adult non-Fiction: 621.384 L
The story of radio from 1906-1955 and the three
men who made it happen: Lee de Forest,
Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff.

Empires of light: Edison, Tesla,
Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the
world (2003)
Jonnes, Jill
Adult Non-Fiction: 621.309 J
In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays
this extraordinary trio and their riveting and
ruthless world of cutting-edge science,
invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-
eyed Wall Street millionaires.

They made America (2004)
Evans, Harold
Adult Non-fiction: 926 E
From the steam engine to the search engine,
Harold Evans presents an illustrated history of
two centuries of American innovators.