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just a tinkerer; he relies on scientific and mathematical theories, and, according to critic Robert Von der Osten, "science is, in fact, understood to be a set of theories that are developed based on experimentation and scientific discussion. Rather than being opposed to technological advances, such a theoretical understanding becomes essential to invention."
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the robot he designs and builds, Aristotle, which becomes a winning and likeable character in its own right." The books are slower-paced than the Tom Swift Jr. adventures of the second series, and include realistic, colloquial dialogue. Each volume begins where the last one ended, and the technology is plausible and accurate.
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series, which was published using the pseudonym "Victor
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754:(stories focusing on brilliant scientists and inventors) as a basic cultural myth. Tom Swift's adventures have been popular since the character's inception in 1910: by 1914, 150,000 copies a year were being sold and a 1929 study found the series to be second in popularity only to the
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experimenter who, with his research team, finds practical applications for others' research; Tom does not so much methodically develop and perfect inventions as find them by trial and error.
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2075:Hayes, Dade (November 26, 2007).
1904:. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.
1561:Otterson, Joe (August 30, 2021).
1452:Thorne, Will (October 28, 2020).
1016:Andrews, Dale (August 27, 2013).
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668:appeared as Tom Swift along with
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2367:. New York: St. Martin's Press.
2139:"Tom Swift on the Silver Screen"
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2457:. California: Greenwood Press.
2363:Plunkett-Powell, Karen (1993).
2271:. California: Greenwood Press.
2252:. California: No Starch Press.
2122:. California: Greenwood Press.
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2436:. May 31, 1963. Archived from
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2498:"Tom Swift, Master Inventor"
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2005:. p. 73. Archived from
1960:. Burlee LLC. Archived from
1900:Appleton II, Victor (1965).
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2474:"Taser inventor dies at 88"
2325:The Best of the Joy of Tech
1251:Purpura, Philip P. (1996).
1095:Plunkett-Powell (1993), 29.
1024:. Washington: SleuthSayers.
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2845:Ted Scott Flying Stories
2538:The Lion and the Unicorn
2327:. California: O'Reilly.
2248:Linzmayer, Owen (2004).
2189:Kendall, Martha (2000).
2170:Yahoo! Groups: Tom-Swift
2114:Johnson, Deidre (1982).
1978:"Chip off the Old Block"
1679:. Orlando: SleuthSayers.
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2573:Finnan, Robert (1996).
2399:. New York: Doubleday.
2395:Prager, Arthur (1971).
2233:. New York: Routledge.
2229:Landon, Brooks (2002).
2044:Tom Swift & Company
1933:Burt, Daniel S (2004).
1347:Appleton (1981), 10–11.
884:List of Tom Swift books
291:List of Tom Swift books
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2208:Kurzweil, Ray (2005).
2095:Hazen, Robert (1999).
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