Inventions & inventors books

1273 books were found.

Supplier to Worldwide Toyota Factories: Made in Japan

Supplier to Worldwide Toyota Factories: Made in Japan...

Author: Makoto Takayanagi
ISBN: 9781595943217
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Electronic manufacturers, companies that paint products, processors of autos, chemicals, drugs, glass, and food...  Read More >>

Patently Silly: From the Collapsible Walker to the Incinerating Toilet, the Craziest Inventions Ever Devised

Patently Silly: From the Collapsible Walker to the Incinerating...

Author: Daniel Wright
ISBN: 9781599215730
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Truth is stranger than fiction, they say--and when it's a patent truth and strange to boot, why then, it's Patently...  Read More >>

Supplier to Worldwide Toyota Factories: Made in Japan

Supplier to Worldwide Toyota Factories: Made in Japan...

Author: Makoto Takayanagi
ISBN: 9781595943408
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Electronic manufacturers, companies that paint products, processors of autos, chemicals, drugs, glass, and food...  Read More >>

Big Ideas: 100 Modern Inventions That Have Transformed Our World

Big Ideas: 100 Modern Inventions That Have Transformed...

Author: Alex Hutchinson
ISBN: 9781588167224
Format: Hardback
$47.39

From the polio vaccine to the Post-It, the personal computer to Prozac, this title features the scientific and technological...  Read More >>

The Telephone: Wiring America

The Telephone: Wiring America

Author: John Murphy
ISBN: 9781604130683
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Alexander Graham Bell's request for his assistant to 'come here' revolutionized the way America's citizens communicated...  Read More >>

Lincoln the Inventor

Lincoln the Inventor

Author: Jason Emerson
ISBN: 9780809328970
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Offers a treatment of Abraham Lincoln's invention of a device to buoy vessels over shoals. This book shows how,...  Read More >>

1001 Inventions That Changed the World

1001 Inventions That Changed the World

Author: Jack Challoner
ISBN: 9780764161360
Format: Hardback
$92.40

From the invention of the wheel in the fifth millennium BC to the development of the worldwide web and the launch...  Read More >>

Lincoln the Inventor

Lincoln the Inventor

Author: Jason Emerson
ISBN: 9780809328987
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Offers a treatment of Abraham Lincoln's invention of a device to buoy vessels over shoals. This book shows how,...  Read More >>

What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life

What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised...

Author: Brendan Vaughan ,  Patrick Girard Lawlor
ISBN: 9781608125425
Format: Mixed media product
$158.37

You're driving on a deserted road when your car dies. Your cell phone isn't getting service. All you have on hand...  Read More >>

It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies

It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design...

Author: Bill Fawcett
ISBN: 9780061358432
Format: Paperback
$36.93

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Whoa-UFO!

Whoa-UFO!

Author: Kirsten Larsen ,  Barry Gott
ISBN: 9781575652801
Format: Paperback
$15.71

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History of the Sewing Machine

History of the Sewing Machine

Author: James Parton ,  The Howe Machine Company
ISBN: 9781603861717
Format: Paperback
$18.35

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A Decade of Discovery

A Decade of Discovery

Author: Us Dept of Energy
ISBN: 9780160822209
Format: Hardback
$168.96

A Decade of Discovery provides a fascinating account of some of the most significant scientific discoveries and...  Read More >>

Did Thomas Crapper Really Invent the Toilet?: The Inventions That Changed Our Homes and Our Lives

Did Thomas Crapper Really Invent the Toilet?: The Inventions...

Author: Catherine O'Reilly
ISBN: 9781602393479
Format: Paperback
$27.99

"For fans of ""The Book of Useless Information,"" O'Reilly's curious-minded work is a smart and quirky look at miscellaneous...  Read More >>

Inspiring Individuals: Ten People Making a Better World

Inspiring Individuals: Ten People Making a Better World...

Author: Rebecca Irvin
ISBN: 9780500514511
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Rolex created the biennial Awards for Enterprise to honour outstanding individual achievements in the realms of...  Read More >>

Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries That Made Modern Chemistry

Cathedrals of Science: The Personalities and Rivalries...

Author: Patrick Coffey (Visiting Scholar, Office for the History of Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar, Office for the History of Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9780195321340
Format: Hardback
$105.95

Like any other human endeavor, chemistry was built by real people, with all their strengths and faults. Cathedrals...  Read More >>

Our Own Devices: How Technology Remakes Humanity

Our Own Devices: How Technology Remakes Humanity

Author: Edward Tenner
ISBN: 9781299213586
Format: Electronic book text
$142.56

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Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Popularly Explained

Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Popularly Explained...

Author: Walter Wentworth Massie ,  Charles Reginald Underhill
ISBN: 9781603861632
Format: Paperback
$26.27

An unabridged, digitally enlarged printing with commentary by Nikola Tesla at book's end.  Read More >>

Patently Silly

Patently Silly

Author: Daniel Wright
ISBN: 9781853756849
Format: Hardback
$26.99

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Lives of the Engineers - Boulton and Watt - The Steam Engine and Transport

Lives of the Engineers - Boulton and Watt - The Steam...

Author: Samuel Smiles
ISBN: 9781443736954
Format: Hardback
$121.31

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Men of Invention and Industry - English Inventors

Men of Invention and Industry - English Inventors

Author: Samuel Smiles
ISBN: 9781443737920
Format: Hardback
$116.03

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Press 1 for Pig Latin

Press 1 for Pig Latin

Author: Robert S Swiatek
ISBN: 9780981784328
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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The Domestic Revolution Explained

The Domestic Revolution Explained

Author: Stan Yorke
ISBN: 9781846741135
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Describes the invention and arrival of aids which transformed domestic drudgery. These range from the basic utilities...  Read More >>

The BIG and Easy Guide to Take a Bright Idea from Drawing Board to Successful Revenue: Intellectual Property Management Made Simple

The BIG and Easy Guide to Take a Bright Idea from Drawing...

Author: Rob Lucas
ISBN: 9780955767715
Format: Paperback
$79.07

"The Search is Over! ""The BIG..."" is the complete, defining book on taking an idea from the most basic drawing...  Read More >>

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