Bibliograph

Eureka, how invention happens, Gavin Weightman

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Eureka, how invention happens, Gavin Weightman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eureka

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

904942595

Responsibility statement

Gavin Weightman

Sub title

how invention happens

Summary

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 of both famous inventors and hundreds of forgotten people, and offers a fresh take on the making of our modern world

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The bird men -- Seeing with electricity -- Written in the sand -- Homebrewed -- Hard cell -- Afterword: The nature of invention

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