Inventions & inventors books

This seminal work illuminates just how different life would be without devices like the telephone, television, airplanes,...  Read More >>

Argues that our romantic notions about innovation as invention are actually undermining our ability to pursue breakthrough...  Read More >>

Once regarded by historians as a period of intellectual stagnation, the Middle Ages were actually a time of extraordinary...  Read More >>

It tells the remarkable story of men who wanted to play God - of the inventors and magicians who laboured for centuries...  Read More >>

Lively accounts of thirty-five American inventors who helped shape the modern world.  Read More >>

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Arthur Bishop is a world-class international inventor, a consummate thinker and a passionate dreamer, yet few of...  Read More >>

The author extends his gratitude to Thomas Alva Edison for taking time away from his experimental laboratory to...  Read More >>

This book presents a broad overview of the multifaceted phenomena of innovation networks, which have assumed increasing...  Read More >>

""The Wright brothers come alive, warm, sometimes amusing, and always penetrating and analytical.""-New York Times....  Read More >>

An introduction to the life and work of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized...  Read More >>

An introduction to the life of George Washington Carver, who was born a slave in Missouri and went on to become...  Read More >>

An introduction to the life of the man who developed the electric light bulb and many other inventions.  Read More >>

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteat Meunster.  Read More >>

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Biotechnology is not a new field in science. Humans have been experimenting with biotechnological advances since...  Read More >>

Mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans and other geographical components have always affected the ways Americans live,...  Read More >>

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This text sets out to describe the achievements of some of the great citizens that Scotland has produced - from...  Read More >>

Environmental Policy and Technological Innovation comprehensively explores the factors which can influence a firm’s...  Read More >>

Innovation is crucial for small enterprises to become and remain competitive in the global economy. In this book,...  Read More >>

A chronicle of the life and work of Dr Hans von Ohain, a brilliant physicist who assisted with the invention of...  Read More >>

Explains the invents of familiar things: toilet, perfumes, iron, photocopier machine. How and when they were created....  Read More >>

By combining a brief history of each patent (the zip fastener, the post-it note) with a copy of the patent illustration,...  Read More >>

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