First Cell Phone Invention
April 24th, 2008
“Bittersweet” ending of shuttle program for astronaut with Bucks ties
The country doesn’t have to end the space shuttle program, says a former astronaut who grew up in Bucks County.
Cell phone inventor: ‘I’m a dreamer’
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Charming Grace $11.97 “Deborah Smith’s novels are filled to the brim with wonderful characters, complex and rich emotions, tragedy and hope.” — Romantic Times Her Harvard-student son just eloped with the First Daughter. CNN is parked on the road to her apple orchards. Secret Service agents have commandeered her country kitchen. The irate First Parents are threatening to have her taxes audited. The President’s handso… |
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The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley $9.03 Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker who piloted his own jets and skied mountains accessible only by helicopter. Now, in The Man Behind the Microchip, Leslie Berlin captures not only this colorful individual but also the vibrant interplay of technology, business, money, politics, and cu… |
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The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads $0.01 Read Ammon Shea’s blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. A surprising, lively, and rich history of that ubiquitous doorstop that most of us take for granted. Ammon Shea is not your typical thirtysomething book enthusiast. After reading the Oxford English Dictionary from cover to cover (and living to write about it in Reading the OED), what classic, familiar, but little-read b… |
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Motorola T215 Bluetooth Portable Car Speaker (Black)[Retail Packaging] $31.95 When you are on the road, you don’t want anything to slow you down or hold you back. The Motorola T215 provides the longest talk time available – up to 36 hours!… |
