Ingenious : a true story of invention, automotive daring, and the race to revive America /

"An epic tale of invention, in which ordinary people's lives are changed forever by a quest to engineer a radically new kind of car. In 2007, science-fiction enthusiast Peter Diamandis announced he would give $10 million to anyone who could build a safe, mass-producible car that traveled 1...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fagone, Jason (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Publishers, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Automobiles > Energy consumption > Research > United States. Automobiles > Energy consumption > Technological innovations > United States. Automobiles > Design and construction > Competitions > United States. Inventors > United States. Creative ability > United States. Industrial development projects > United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automotive.
Online Access:	Cover image

Table of Contents:

A nation of inventors
Shakedown. Kevin and Jen ; Space kids ; The abyss of lightness ; Ride or die ; Immigrants ; Engineers ; Yoda and Little Old Man ; Wingless ; The hypocrisy the masturbating hand endures ; Edison2 welcomes informed comment ; The moose test
Knockout. The Nobel Prize in engineering ; Yesterday today and forever ; Fit and finish ; Little red Corvette ; This whole new scale ; Lungs cannot oxidize ; Voodoo Steve ; Heat ; Goonies never say die
The ragged edge. The greatest place on earth ; The race ; Capitol Hill ; Traction ; The Old Frontage Road
Airborne.