Celebrate Innovation!
A SELECTION OF NON-FICTION ON INVENTORS AND THEIR CRAFTS FOR NATIONAL INVENTORS MONTH.
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The guns of John Moses Browning : the remarkable story of the inventor whose firearms changed the world2021
Summary: Few people are aware that John Moses Browning -- a tall, humble, cerebral man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon in the American West -- was the mind behind many of the world-changing firearms that... more »- place hold (0)
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Empires of the sky : zeppelins, airplanes, and two men's epic duel to rule the world2020
Summary: Of all people who might have solved the problem of human flight, few would have suspected Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a fusty, old-school member of the Wurrtemburg nobility, recently ousted from... more »- place hold (0)
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Edison2019
Summary: Thomas Alva Edison's invention of the first practical incandescent lamp 140 years ago so dazzled the world that it cast a shadow over his later achievements. In all, this near-deaf genius patented... more »- place hold (0)
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The book of gutsy women2019
Summary: Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them -- women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the... more »- place hold (0)
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The total inventor's manual2018
Summary: Contrary to popular wisdom, you don't have to be an ace electrician, a coding prodigy, or a mechanical master to come up with a game-changing invention! You just need curiosity, a strong desire to... more »- place hold (0)
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Young Benjamin Franklin : the birth of ingenuity2018
Summary: From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin has always seemed the inevitable embodiment of American... more »- place hold (0)
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Play bigger : how pirates, dreamers, and innovators create and dominate markets2016
Summary: The founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design. Winning today isn't about beating... more »- place hold (0)
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Originals : how non-conformists move the world2016
Summary: "The author of Give and Take examines how people can champion new ideas--and how leaders can encourage originality in their organizations... In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving... more »- place hold (0)
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The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world2015
Summary: A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life.- place hold (0)
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How we got to now : six innovations that made the modern world2014
Summary: In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their... more »- place hold (0)
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The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution2014
Summary: "Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard... more »- place hold (0)
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The tinkerers : the amateurs, DIYers, and inventors who make America great2013
Summary: Showing how tinkering has been the guiding force behind both major corporate-sponsored innovations and smaller scale inventions with great potential, Foege argues that America still cultivates... more »- place hold (0)
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It's all about the bike : the pursuit of happiness on two wheels2011
Summary: "The bicycle is one of mankind's greatest inventions and the most popular form of transport in history. Robert Penn has ridden one most days of his adult life. In his late 20s, he pedaled around the... more »- place hold (0)
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The man who invented the computer : the biography of John Atanasoff, digital pioneer2010
Summary: One night in the late 1930s, in a bar on the Illinois-Iowa border, John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics at Iowa State University, after a frustrating day performing tedious mathematical... more »- place hold (0)
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