Inventions & inventors books

"This reference examines 160 of the most significant inventions af the 20th century, and the people behind the inventions....  Read More >>

This book of pen-portraits of men and women involved in Irish science and technology is a step in redressing the...  Read More >>

Lets you discover the trials and triumphs of great female inventors: Astrolabe; Automatic Dishwasher; Barbie Doll;...  Read More >>

This reference guide provides more than 450 entries and examples of the inventiveness of Central, North and South...  Read More >>

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters,...  Read More >>

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This volume reveals the secrets of success for aspiring inventors. Don Kracke, an inventor himself, begins with...  Read More >>

In this excellent book, Ruth Towse provides an analysis of the interaction between creativity, the law, and markets...  Read More >>

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From a da Vinci sketch to a Phillips, this is the story of the partnership between the screw and the screwdriver,...  Read More >>

Time magazine brings together the 100 most significant and compelling discoveries of our time, from Einstein's...  Read More >>

"""From this lively and personal account, we learn that we can all practice inventorship to great advantage-measured...  Read More >>

Using theoretical models such as the Averch-Johnson model and a two-stage Nash equilibrium model, Frank looks at...  Read More >>

Full of leading-edge thinking, insight, and advice, this title was winner of the Global Business Book Award. Christensen...  Read More >>

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"Great companies can fail--not because they do anything wrong, but because they do everything right. Meeting customers'...  Read More >>

Technological Change and the Evolution of Corporate Innovation details historically how the innovative and competitive...  Read More >>

"The invention of the telephone is a subject of great controversy, central is which is the patent issued to Alexander...  Read More >>

This text proposes to show by example how artefacts can be employed in the study of the history of science and technology...  Read More >>

Part of a series of books, that shows how artifacts can be employed in the study of the history of science and technology...  Read More >>

Tesla writes on free energy, and wireless transmission of power.  Read More >>

Looks at the scientists and inventors to be found upon the walls of the National Portrait Gallery, and the connections...  Read More >>

"Hailed by ""Time"" magazine as one of the 100 greatest minds of the century, Tim Berners-Lee, the genius behind...  Read More >>

Contains a historical evaluation of the steps leading up to the invention, a biographical sketch of the inventor,...  Read More >>

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