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Breakthrough! Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations

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ISBN-10: 1459708520

ISBN-13: 9781459708525

Edition: 2013

Authors: John Melady

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Canadians are behind praiseworthy products, fascinating ideas, and machines with global appeal. We have invented with little fanfare, financing, or expectation. Yet our creations are important. The greatest is insulin; millions use it or die. Then there's the light bulb that illumintes the world.And we share our creations: Alexander Graham Bell conceived the idea of the telephone in Canada, then sold it in the United States. James Naismith invented basketball and Americans play it. The Canadarm is Canadian, and lifts in outer space.Some of our inventions are small: the BlackBerry, the paint roller, the Robertson screwdriver. Others are larger: the jetliner, the snowblower, the snowmobile.…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 6/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

John Melady is a veteran writer and space enthusiast. He has written many books, including "Canadians in Space", "Star of Courage", "Heartbreak and Heroism", and "Pearson's Prize". Melady lives in Seaforth, Ontario.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Lifesaver for Millions
Pioneer Communicator
Genius Ahead of His Time
Two Friends Lighting the World
A Round Ball and a World Game
Heart Surgeon and Lifesaver
Small Hand Tool, Big Impact
The Man Who Conquered Winter
Wall-Painter's Dream
Nourishment for Canada and the World
Facing the World's Fastest Game
Safe Suiting for Flying
Time for All the World
An Arm from Earth to Space
Making Winter Roads Passable
Finding Plane Crashes and Saving Lives
The Airplane That Should Have Been
Pictures without Distance
All for the Way of Right
Saving a Town with Culture
Double-Double Empire Men
A Rag Unique in the World
Notes
Bibliography