How invention begins : echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines /

Main Author: Lienhard, John H., 1930-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=176941
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245 1 0 |a How invention begins :  |b echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines /  |c John H. Lienhard. 
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300 |a 1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) :  |b illustrations 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index. 
505 0 |a Priority and apriority. Ötzi and silent beginnings -- The unrelenting presence of priority -- I built my airplane before the Wright brothers did -- Steam and speed. Inventing steam: "Alles was Odem hat" -- From steam to steam engine -- From steam engine to thermodynamics -- Inventing speed -- Inventive motivation and exponential change -- Writing and showing. Inventing Gutenberg -- From Gutenberg to a newly literate world: gestation to cradle to maturation -- Inventing means for illustrating reality -- Fast presses, cheap books, and ghosts of old readers -- Views through a wider lens. Inventing education: the great equalizer -- The arc of invention: finding finished forms. 
650 0 |a Inventions  |x History. 
650 7 |a TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING  |x History. 
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