by Lezlie | Apr 29, 2021
Join us in congratulating young inventors from the inaugural Kansas City Invention Convention. Prizes will be awarded in grade categories along with a Best-of-Show winner. Five Kansas City- area inventors will also be invited to compete in the National Invention Convention sponsored by The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
by Bill Ashworth | May 7, 2019 | Scientist of the Day
Edwin Land, an American scientist and inventor, was born on May 7, 1909 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. As a child, Land became fascinated with optics after reading a textbook on the subject by Johns Hopkins University physicist, Robert W. Wood. Land was particularly...
by Eric Ward | Aug 9, 2018
Fellows lecture with Lee Vinsel, Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Tech, and 2018 Research Fellow at the Linda Hall Library.