An edition of Breakthrough!
(2013)
Breakthrough!
Canada's greatest inventions and innovations
by John Melady
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Canada's greatest medical breakthrough might well be insulin, but the telephone, the light bulb, the jetliner, the BlackBerry, and basketball also had Canadians behind them. Author John Melady showcases the praiseworthy products, fascinating ideas, and machines with global appeal that the planet owes to Canadians.
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Breakthrough!: Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations
2013, Dundurn Press
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1459708547 9781459708549
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Breakthrough!: Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations
2013, Dundurn Press
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1299619231 9781299619234
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Breakthrough!: Canada's greatest inventions and innovations
2013, Dundurn
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Table of Contents
Frederick Banting : lifesaver for millions
Alexander Graham Bell : pioneer communicator
Mike Lazaridis : genius ahead of his time
Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans : two friends lighting the world
James Naismith : a round ball and a world game
Wilfred Bigelow : heart surgeon and lifesaver
Peter Robertson : small hand tool, big impact
Joseph-Armand Bombardier : the man who conquered winter
Norman Breakey : wall-painter's dream
Charles Saunders : nourishment for Canada and the world
Jacques Plante : facing the world's fastest game
Wilbur Franks : safe suiting for flying
Sandford Fleming : time for all the world
Spar Aerospace : an arm from Earth to space
Arthur Sicard : making winter roads passable
Harry Stevinson : finding plane crashes and saving lives
Jim Floyd : the airplane that should have been
William Stephenson : pictures without distance
Wallace Turnbull : all for the way of flight
Tom Patterson : saving a town with culture
Tim Horton and Ron Joyce : double-double empire men
Lester Pearson : a flag unique in the world.
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