Inventions & inventors books

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The Retrieval of a Legacy: Nineteenth-Century American Women Inventors

The Retrieval of a Legacy: Nineteenth-Century American...

Author: Denise Pilato
ISBN: 9780275966003
Format: Hardback
$140.00

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The Inventor of Stereo: The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein

The Inventor of Stereo: The Life and Works of Alan Dower...

Author: Robert Alexander ,  Sir Bernard Lovell
ISBN: 9780240516288
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Presents a study of the life and works of Alan Dower Blumlein, one of Britain's important inventors. During the...  Read More >>

Edison: A Life of Invention

Edison: A Life of Invention

Author: Paul Israel
ISBN: 9780471362708
Format: Paperback
$64.95

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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the...

Author: Michael A Hiltzik
ISBN: 9780887309892
Format: Paperback
$47.49

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes a riveting, true story of an extraordinary group of inventors who...  Read More >>

The Life and Times of A.D. Blumlein

The Life and Times of A.D. Blumlein

Author: Russell Burns (Professor)
ISBN: 9780852967737
Format: Hardback
$277.20

Alan Dower Blumlein was a genius and has been described as the greatest British electronics engineer of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Franklin's Father Josiah: Life of a Colonial Boston Tallow Chandler, 1657-1745 Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 90, part 3)

Franklin's Father Josiah: Life of a Colonial Boston...

Author: Nian-Sheng Huang
ISBN: 9780871699039
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Josiah Franklin, a tallow chandler and soapmaker, remains a marginal figure in most biographies of his well-known...  Read More >>

100 Local Heroes

100 Local Heroes

Author: Adam Hart-Davis ,  Paul Bader
ISBN: 9780750923736
Format: Paperback
$21.99

For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length...  Read More >>

Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Mobility: The Role of Technological Innovations

Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Mobility: The Role...

Author: H. Geerlings
ISBN: 9783540654889
Format: Hardback
$340.56

The author provides new insights into the relationship between transport and the environment, the role of technology...  Read More >>

The Kids' Invention Book

The Kids' Invention Book

Author: Arlene Erlbach
ISBN: 9780822598442
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Profiles eleven inventors between the ages of eight and fourteen, describes the steps involved in inventing a new...  Read More >>

From Galaxies to Turbines: Science, Technology and the Parsons Family

From Galaxies to Turbines: Science, Technology and the...

Author: W.G.S Scaife
ISBN: 9780750305822
Format: Hardback
$142.00

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The Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets

The Tarantula in My Purse: And 172 Other Wild Pets

Author: Jean George
ISBN: 9780613034968
Format: Hardback
$42.24

A collection of autobiographical stories about raising a houseful of children and wild pets including crows, skunks,...  Read More >>

International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers

International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers...

Author: John A.N. Lee
ISBN: 9781884964473
Format: Hardback
$231.00

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Historical Inventions on File

Historical Inventions on File

Author: The Diagram Group
ISBN: 9780816029112
Format: Hardback
$488.40

Traces the development of inventions in the areas of observation, measurement, construction, transportation, communications,...  Read More >>

We'll Race You, Henry!: Story About Henry Ford

We'll Race You, Henry!: Story About Henry Ford

Author: Barbara Mitchell ,  Kathy Haubrich
ISBN: 9780876142912
Format: Hardback
$59.66

A brief biography of Henry Ford with emphasis on how he came to develop fast, sturdy, and reliable racing cars that...  Read More >>

We'LL Race You, Henry: A Story about Henry Ford

We'LL Race You, Henry: A Story about Henry Ford

Author: Barbara Mitchell ,  Kathy Haubrich
ISBN: 9780876144718
Format: Paperback
$23.63

A brief biography of Henry Ford with emphasis on how he came to develop fast, sturdy, and reliable racing cars that...  Read More >>

Michael Faraday: Father of Electronics

Michael Faraday: Father of Electronics

Author: Charles Ludwig
ISBN: 9780836134797
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Ludwig retells Michael Faraday's remarkable life story in fictionalized form, presenting the man who invented the...  Read More >>

Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors

Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors

Author: Holbrook L Horton ,  John A Newell
ISBN: 9780831110840
Format: Hardback
$382.80

Each of the four volumes of Ingenious Mechanisms is an independent treatise on the subject of mechanisms. The books...  Read More >>

The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin

The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters...

Author: Nathan G. Goodman
ISBN: 9780812210675
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Franklin's most entertaining speculative letters on a variety of subjects: the first balloon ascensions, electrocution,...  Read More >>

Age of Technology: 19th Century American

Age of Technology: 19th Century American

Author: David C King
ISBN: 9781878668646
Format: Paperback
$20.99

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Freie Bahn für die Kurpfuscher?

Freie Bahn für die Kurpfuscher?

Author: Heinrich Kantor ,  Otto Neustätter
ISBN: 9783662421970
Format: Paperback
$158.37

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen...  Read More >>

The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World

The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a...

Author: Dan Senor ,  Saul Singer
ISBN: 9781982115760
Format: Hardback
$49.99

From the co-authors of the New York Times–bestselling Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle comes...  Read More >>

From War Room to Living Room: Everyday Innovations from the Military

From War Room to Living Room: Everyday Innovations from...

Author: Tish Davidson (Independent Scholar, USA) ,  Scott Davidson (Independent researcher, USA)
ISBN: 9781440880520
Format: Hardback
$110.00

""Discover the military origins of more than 45 everyday items and technologies, from duct tape and Kleenex to microwaves...  Read More >>

The Science of Spin: The Force Behind Everything – From Falling Cats to Jet Engines

The Science of Spin: The Force Behind Everything – From...

Author: Roland Ennos
ISBN: 9780861548477
Format: Paperback
$31.02

It’s time to stop thinking in straight lines…  Read More >>

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