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Eureka : how invention happens /

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While the discoveries of scientists have provided vital knowledge which has made innovation possible, it is more often than not the amateur who enjoys the "eureka moment" when an invention works for the first time. Weightman tells fascinating stories of struggle, rivalry, and the ingenuity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weightman, Gavin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Inventions > History.
Discoveries in science > History.
Technological innovations > History.
Creative ability in technology > History.
Inventors > Biography.
Inventions > history.
Technology > history.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The bird men
  • Seeing with electricity
  • Written in the sand
  • Homebrewed
  • Hard cell
  • Afterword: The nature of invention.