books about: invention     books:     Invention      Mistakes that Worked Charlotte Jones Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1994 Interesting for all Ages This book is both a useful resource and an enjoyable way to past a rainy day. Ideal for all age groups - preteens will love learning about 'famous' mistakes - teens will get interested in thinking of ones left out of the book and adults we be amazed. Overall fun book.             Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Dava Sobel Walker & Company, 2007 Fascinating subject in the hands of Sobel One of the most pressing issues for early sailors was the problem of longitude. Because it was impossible to determine longitude, many ships and sailors died. Also, captains used the same routes as pirates or enemies of the state, which made it easy to lie in wait for ...             Tesla: Man Out of Time Margaret Cheney Touchstone, 2001 Electrifying Read! For some odd reason, there are not very many books out there on Tesla. This one is all it takes. The way he could visualize an invention with such focus that he could even make changes to it based on how he saw it operating in his mind, without ever fabricating an ...             George's Secret Key to the Universe Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2007 Captivating My 3.5 year old son is completely hooked on this fabulous book! We're plowing through it in just a few nights and he doesn't want it to end. I was floored when after the first night of my husband reading it to him he ran up to me excitedly the next morning and said ...             The Invention of Scotland: Myth and History Hugh Trevor-Roper Yale University Press, 2008 This book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. Hugh Trevor-Roper explores three myths across 400 years of Scottish history: the political myth of the “ancient constitution” of Scotland; the literary myth, ...             Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Harper Perennial, 1997 The Real Facts About Creative People Few activities are a misunderstood by the general public as inventing and creativity. Sadly, Hollywood and television often portray the great inventor, scientist or musician as some sort of "mad genius". This book seeks to put the study of creativity on a rational ...             My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla bnpublishing, 2007 A fantastic insight into a true genius Even though this is a very short book and only deals with the first half of Tesla's life, it still provides some fantastic insights into the life of a genius. Written by Tesla after some very traumatic experiences in his life, he still comes through as a very generous ...             Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac W. W. Norton, 2008 Intrusion in the Holy Land Although Meyer and Brysac don't tell why Americans learn so disastrously little from history, they've made some of the history itself wonderfully accessible. Now they do that for the modern history of the Middle East, whose "three universal faiths" extol "brotherhood ...             The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Scholastic Press, 2007 A brilliant invention. When I first picked up this book I knew I was holding something special. "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" is a story told not only through words, but also through a series of pictures (like watching an animated feature), but furthermore through the physical object of the ...             Lego Crazy Action Contraptions: A Lego Inventions Book (Klutz) Dan Rathjen Klutz Press, 1998 legos to go My ten year old loves legos ... and I love peace and quiet in the car! This product worked out great as a "trip treat", the bag was great so he could keep track of them. We use an aluminum cake pan with a plastic cover for a lego desk/holder in the car, but the book ...             The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention Robert Temple Inner Traditions, 2007 Ancient Chinese Technology Wow. This is an incredible book! Like many readers of popular modern science, I constantly underestimate the inventiveness and technology of ancient man. This book really highlights that. Also, it's an amazing inventory of creativity and inventiveness that the current ...             The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Barbara W. Tuchman Ballantine Books, 1985 Prescient and Unintelligible to Neo-Cons Barbara Tuchman wrote this book to illustrate some of the worst examples of leadership throughout history. She retells the mythical story of Trojan defeat, Papal life that spawned the Reformation, British obtuseness that lost America and the U.S. experience in ...             America, 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T and the Making of a ... Jim Rasenberger Scribner, 2007 100 years ago If anyone doubts that this country has come a long way in the last 100 years, this book will set them straight. I don't mean that we have improved exponentially in all areas, but there are definite improvements. In 1908, the airplane was almost unknown to most people, ...             Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide Ronald D. Slusky American Bar Association, 2007 Patent Powerhouse! I'm a newly minted patent associate. I've seen other massive tomes around on drafting basics. I'm aware that the bosses rarely have time to initiate a tutorial for the associates. So, what's the solution? I just happened to read an ABA pitch for Slusky's book and ...             The Invention of Everything Else Samantha Hunt Houghton Mifflin, 2008 absolutely wondrous! What a wise, marvelous book, passing easily between past, future, the possible and the not yet realized! The writing and science are often pure poetry. The novel tells the story of the eccentric and amazingly unrecognized inventor Tesla (now in his upper eighties and ...          products you might be interested in search for books autobiography, contraptions, creativity, kingmakers, psychology, scientific      geepe.com    web we recommend Fascinating subject in the hands of Sobel randomly chosen DVD: A Man Betrayed