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Adkins, Jan The Art and Ingenuity of the Woodstove: a Book of History and Use Everest House 1978 Hard Cover. Out of print. Book: Illustrated.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or281100. ISBN #0896960129 / 9780896960121. (category: technology) (keywords: STOVES HOUSE HOME EQUIPMENT APPLIANCES TECHNOLOGY INVENTIONS HEATING) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Auger, Charles P. Engineering Eponyms: An Annotated Bibliography of Some Named Elements, Principles, and Machines in Mechanical Engineering Library Association Publishing 1975 Trade Paperback. Clean text. Minor edgewear.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or634940. ISBN #0853654379 / 9780853654377. (keywords: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Bourne, Russell Invention in America: With Images from the Library of Congress (Library of Congress Classics Series) Fulcrum Publishing 1996 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or801242. ISBN #1555912311 / 9781555912314. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Brennan, Richard P. Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes : Technological Literacy for the 1990s HarperPerennial 1991 Trade Paperback. Clean text.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or623083. ISBN #0060973692 / 9780060973698. (keywords: TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS SCIENCE COMPUTERS) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Brockman, John (edited) The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years Simon & Schuster 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some highlighting. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or708520. ISBN #068485998X / 9780684859989. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Brockman, John (edited) The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years Simon & Schuster 2000 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some highlighting. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or708520. ISBN #068485998X / 9780684859989. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary What was the greatest invention of the past 2,000 years, and why? This provocative question was posed to some of the world's foremost scientific and creative thinkers, including several Nobel laureates. Their answers may surprise you. Lively and thought-provoking, The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years is not only an entertaining book about science and creativity but also an opportunity to peek inside the minds of some of the leading thinkers of our time. With contributors such as Stewart Brand, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Howard Gardner, Sherry Turkle, Steven Pinker, Jared Diamond, Freeman Dyson, Murray Gell-Mann, and Leon Lederman, The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years is an invitation to a salon of our leading thinkers. Their answers to the editor's question are as varied as the group itself. Candidates for the greatest invention include the expected, such as the computer and movable type although even here there are intriguing insights into how these inventions have altered our civilization , and the surprising, such as the Indo-Arab counting system, the lens, classical music, and the eraser. Some contributors comment perceptively on their colleagues' nominees. Not all of the respondents limited their answers to concrete objects. Some chose as greatest "inventions" the concepts of free will, marketing, democracy and social justice, the scientific method, and our disbelief in the supernatural, arguing persuasively that ideas are inventions as much as are mechanical objects. The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years is a provocative, insightful look at how science, technology, and the creative mind have altered our lives and changed the world.
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Caney, Steven Steven Caney's Invention Book Workman Publishing Company 1985 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or761788. ISBN #0894800760 / 9780894800764. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Caney, Steven Steven Caney's Invention Book Workman Publishing Company 1985 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or761788. ISBN #0894800760 / 9780894800764. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Kids are natural inventors, bursting with notions so crazy they just might work. Chester Greenwood was just a boy when his big cold ears prompted him to fashion wire and fur into the world's first earmuffs. Caney shows how to get into "an inventing frame of mind" and how to look at everyday objects in new ways, as clues to fresh ideas. From keeping a good notebook to setting up a workshop, from building the prototype to applying for a patent, Steven Caney covers it all, even showing the young entrepreneur how to market an invention successfully. To get the creativity flowing, here are also hundreds of fantasy ideas that still need to be invented: everything from a temperature-regulating straw to sunburn alarm tabs. There are also extensive plans for twenty projects kids can build from ordinary household items. And to demonstrate the many sources of creative thinking, Caney tells the stories behind 25 landmark American inventions. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Suitable for ages 8-13. 215,000 copies in print.
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Clarke, Donald (editor) Encyclopedia of Inventions Galahad Books 1977 hard cover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or262553. ISBN #0883653907 / 9780883653906. (category: technology) (keywords: Ancient Middle Ages Medieval Renaissance Industrial Revolution Modern History) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Costain, Thomas B. Chord of steel: Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1016950. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Crowther, J.G. Discoveries And Inventions Of The 20th Century hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1056249. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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D' Acres, R.; Jenkins, Rhys R. D'Acres's Art of Water-Drawing, Published By Henry Brome, at the Gun in Ivie Land London 1659 and 1660 W. Heffer & Sons 1930 hard cover. Clean text. Illustrated.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or382746. (keywords: TECHNOLOGY HISTORY ENGINEERING) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Hughes, Thomas P. American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm 1870-1970 Viking Press 1989. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or434745. ISBN #0670814784 / 9780670814787. (keywords: TECHNOLOGY HISTORY) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Hutchinson, Alex Big Ideas: 100 Modern Inventions (That Have Transformed Our World) Hearst Books 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Price clipped. Book #or896477. ISBN #1588167224 / 9781588167224. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Hutchinson, Alex Big Ideas: 100 Modern Inventions (That Have Transformed Our World) Hearst Books 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Price clipped. Book #or896477. ISBN #1588167224 / 9781588167224. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the polio vaccine to the Post-It, the personal computer to Prozac, these are the scientific and technological innovations that have transformed our world. Award-winning author Alex Hutchinson unveils the 100 greatest inventions of the modern era starting with the discovery of the transistor in 1947 complete with original photographs and anecdotes about their creation. For example, a candy bar melting in a scientist s pocket during an experiment led to the invention of the microwave oven. Hutchinson consulted 25 experts at 17 museums and universities; their collective expertise spans aeronautics, automobiles, biology, computers, medicine, physics, and a host of other fields. The result includes some well-known breakthroughs the laser, in-vitro fertilization as well as a host of surprises waffle-sole running shoes, the pull-top can . This charming book will delight, fascinate, and educate.
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Larsen, Egon Ideas And Invention Spring Books 1960 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Some Chipping. Book #or756132. (keywords: Personal Background History Inventors) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Lindsay, David Patent Files: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Invention Lyons Press 1999 Hard Cover. First Edition. Clean, bright copy.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or526229. ISBN #155821741X / 9781558217416. (keywords: INVENTIONS PATENTS LAW PATENT TRADEMARK) (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Malkin, Michelle Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs Mercury Ink 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1015620. ISBN #1476784949 / 9781476784946. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
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Malkin, Michelle Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs Mercury Ink 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1015620. ISBN #1476784949 / 9781476784946. (filed under: Tech History / Inventions ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Firebrand conservative columnist, commentator, Internet entrepreneur, and 1 New York Times bestselling author Michelle Malkin tells the fascinating, little-known stories of the inventors who have contributed to American exceptionalism and technological progress. In July 2012, President Obama infamously proclaimed: If you ve got a business you didn t build that. Somebody else made that happen. Malkin wholeheartedly disagrees. Who Built That is a rousing tribute to the hidden American capitalists who pioneered everyday inventions. They re the little big things we take for granted: bottle caps and glassware, tissue paper, flashlights, railroad signals, bridge cables, revolutionary plastics, and more. Malkin takes readers on an eclectic journey of American capitalism, from the colonial period to the Industrial Age to the present, spotlighting awe-inspiring and little-known tinkerpreneurs who achieved their dreams of doing well by doing good. You ll learn how famous patent holders Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain championed the nation s unique system of intellectual property rights; how glass manufacturing mavericks Edward Libbey and Mike Owens defied naysayers to revolutionize food, beverage, and pharmaceutical packaging; how penniless Croatian immigrant Anthony Maglica started his 400 million Maglite flashlight business in a rented garage; and many more riveting stories that explain our country s fertile climate for scientific advancement and entrepreneurship. To understand who we are as people, we need to first understand what motivates America s ordinary and extraordinary makers and risk-takers. Driven by her own experience as a second-generation beneficiary of the American Dream, Malkin skillfully and passionately rebuts collectivist orthodoxy to celebrate the engineers, mechanics, designers, artisans, and relentless tinkerers of all backgrounds who embody our nation s spirit of self-made entrepreneurialism.
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