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_b.L624 2006
100 1 _aLienhard, John H.,
_d1930-
_98490
245 1 0 _aHow invention begins :
_bechoes of old voices in the rise of new machines.
_cJohn H. Lienhard.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006.
264 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006.
300 _aix, 277 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.
505 0 _aPriority 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 _aInventions
_xHistory.
_98491
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_cCIRC