The Atlas Obsura Explorers Guide to Inventing the World

By Shelley Irwin

Published August 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM EDT

We talk to the responsible team behind the info.

The Atlas Obsura Explorers Guide to Inventing the World is a globe spanning history of invention like no other. We talk to the responsible team behind the info, Dillon Thuras and Jennifer Swanson about the very first invention plus scientific discoveries. Target audiences: the Middle Schooler.

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Shelley Irwin

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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