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Award-winning author/illustrator Don Brown explores computers and technology in this exciting installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series. Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon. It…
Award-winning author and illustrator Don Brown explores the history of vaccines from smallpox to COVID-19 in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series. A Shot in the Arm! explores the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious diseases, from smallpox–perhaps humankind’s greatest affliction to date–to…
Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of democracy in the United States in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series. The Greek word democracy comes from demos (people) and kratos (rule)–meaning “the people hold power.” In this timely graphic novel, acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of democracy–from civilization’s…
Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of electricity in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series. In 600 BCE, the Greek mathematician Thales observed a seemingly strange phenomenon: amber, when rubbed with a cloth, had the ability to attract lightweight objects like feathers, straw, and leaves. He had unknowingly discovered…
Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the science of time in It’s About Time!, part of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series In It’s About Time!, narrator Albert Einstein takes kids through time–literally. Measuring time is explored, from the stone circles and giant pyramids of ancient cultures to hourglasses and sundials to…
