Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Elijah Mc Coy
Find out where the expression "The Real McCoy" comes from. This site provides brief biographical information about the inventor Elijah McCoy (1844-1929 CE).
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Wright Stuff
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the Wright Brothers and their contributions to aviation.
Other
Symposium Papers: Following the Footstpes of the Wright Brothers
A compilation of symposium papers that have been presented on the Wright Brothers which includes details about their lives, invention, and historic flight.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Gilbert Lewis
At this site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can read about the inventor of "Heavy Water," Gilbert Newton Lewis, who is "one of the most influential and admired scientists of the twentieth century."
Ducksters
Ducksters: Thomas Edison: Inventor of the Light Bulb and Much More
Kids learn about Thomas Edison's biography. Invented many things including the light bulb and phonograph.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Alexander Graham Bell: Telephone
Biographical information and a photograph of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: George Babcock
Learn about George Babcock (1832-1893 CE), a New York native who, along with Stephen Wilcox, invented an improved water tube steamboiler.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Philo Taylor Farnsworth
Invent Now Hall of Fame explores the life and career of the "father of television", Philo Taylor Farnsworth. In 1983, he was honored with a postage stamp bearing his picture.
Britain Express
Britain Express: Richard Trevithick Biography
This site by Britain Express gives a biography of inventor Richard Trevithink (1771-1833 CE).
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Luis Alvarez Biographical
A biography of Luis Alvarez, a California native, who was awarded the 1968 Pulitzer Prize in Physics for his work with subatomic particles.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Henry Ford
A brief biography on the automotive engineer, Henry Ford.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Henry Ford Biografia (Espanol)
A brief biography of Henry Ford. Ford's great ideas were to improve the inventions around him and to produce them very efficiently. Good links to pictures and other information.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Inventors and Inventions 1
Young scholars research and explore the importance of two inventions that people use every day: sticky notes and Velcro.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Benjamin Franklin
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Benjamin Franklin, an inventor, scientist, and Founding Father who helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Thomas Edison
Brief biographical sketch of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the light bulb and phonograph.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Nikola Tesla
Brief biographical sketch of Nikola Tesla, famous electrical engineer who invented the alternating current transmission system.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Michael Faraday
Brief biographical sketch of Michael Faraday, famous scientist whose discoveries include electromagnetic rotation, Benzene, electromagnetic induction, and Laws of Electrolysis.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Alexander Graham Bell
Brief biographical sketch of Alexander Graham Bell who was most famous for his invention of the telephone.
Robin Chew
Lucidcafe: Sir Henry Bessemer, English Inventor & Engineer
Brief biography of Sir Henry Bessemer.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Wright Brothers: Inventors of the Airplane.
Kids learn about the Wright Brothers's biography. Inventors of the airplane.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Scientists and Inventors
This site contains links to biographies of famous scientists and inventors such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo, and Marie Curie. Learn how these men and women made discoveries that changed the world forever.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Eli Whitney
This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides the history of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Important part of the Industrial Revolution.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Henry Ford
This site from MIT Invention Dimension is a brief profile of Henry Ford focusing on the Assembly Line.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Samuel f.b. Morse
Provides a short biography of Samuel F.B. Morse, and his invention of the one-wire telegraph and the Morse Code. Also contains pictures.