(Paperback)
By: David Boyle
ISBN: 9781782409748
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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Where would we be without the wheel or glass
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By: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780008241780
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018
Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.
(Hardback)
By: Ben Ikenson
ISBN: 9780316438490
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2018
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
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For anyone with a bright idea, Ingenious Patents tells the fascinating history of the inventors and their creations that have changed our world.
(Hardback)
By: Helen Pilcher
ISBN: 9781787397873
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 19th August 2021
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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A look at small, seldom-noticed and apparently insignificant objects and inventions that have changed the world.
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By: Bill Hammack
ISBN: 9781728280455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 30th August 2024
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
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By: Chris Sheedy
ISBN: 9781741665017
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2006
Publisher: Random House Australia
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Who can say they have no emotional reaction when they think of a frisbee, or a teddy-bear, or a Harley-Davidson, or a Rubik's Cube This title includes facts, emotive memories, accurate detail and stories of how these amazing icons became more than just products.
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By: Marlene Wagman-Geller
ISBN: 9780399535895
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2010
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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The Fascinating Inspirations behind common inventions and creations - from Barbie to the Taj Mahal.
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By: Patricia Carter Sluby
ISBN: 9780313363351
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book not only documents the valuable contributions of African American thinkers, inventors, and entrepreneurs past and present, but also puts these achievements into context of the obstacles these innovators faced because of their race.
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By: Jon Gertner
ISBN: 9780143122791
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2013
UK Publication Date: 30th May 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Traces the origins of some of the twentieth century's important inventions. This title tells the story about the life and work of a small group of eccentric men - Mervin Kelly, Bill Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and Bill Baker - who spent their careers at Bell Labs.
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By: Patricia Carter Sluby
ISBN: 9780313351563
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In this important study, former United States primary patent examiner Patricia Carter Sluby pays homage to the inventive spirit of African Americans.
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By: Lillian Hoddeson
ISBN: 9780262552646
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Ted Hart
ISBN: 9781483575766
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Hardback)
By: Scott D. Anthony
ISBN: 9781647829711
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2026
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
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(Paperback)
By: Nikola Tesla
ISBN: 9781454910763
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
UK Publication Date: 25th December 2014
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
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During the early twentieth century, the eccentric and brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla blazed the path that electrical development followed for many years to come. This illustrated record of Tesla's pioneering work gathers many of his most famous findings and theories, allowing contemporary readers to experience the amazing range of his thinking.
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By: David Downs
ISBN: 9780143571957
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
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(Paperback)
By: Roma Agrawal
ISBN: 9781529340112
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 8th February 2024
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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An ambitious but accessible book exploring how seven simple engineering inventions from the pump to the spring have shaped our world, by the engineer who designed the Shard.
(Hardback)
By: Mark Champkins
ISBN: 9780007362769
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Ever wanted to see Harry Hills nuts Fancy a cuppa with Karl Pilkington and his Clippable Coasters Ever wondered how Michael Jackson defied gravity with his dance moves Then read on!
(Hardback)
By: Frank James
ISBN: 9781907495595
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
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The Davy Lamp - Inventing the Miners' Safety Lamp: is a unique publication in the history of science, marking the bicentenary of the invention of the Davy Lamp.
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By: Brian M. Fagan
ISBN: 9780500051306
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2004
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A latest installment of the popular series is a survey of early human innovations from tools and cooking utensils to early transportation vehicles and contraceptives, in an illustrated history that features hundreds of photographs and specially commissioned diagrams, reconstructions, and plans.
(Paperback)
By: Sean Michael Ragan
ISBN: 9781681884332
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Weldon Owen, Incorporated
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(Paperback)
By: Clapperton Chakanets Mavhunga
ISBN: 9780262546867
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Matthew Wisnioski
ISBN: 9780262550734
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"A cultural history that reveals how the relentless pursuit of innovation has transformed our society, our institutions, and our inner selves"--
(Paperback)
By: Trevor Norton
ISBN: 9781444732580
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2015
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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'Norton writes with wit and a fine eye for the poetry in the scientific world...funny and gripping.' The Guardian
(Hardback)
By: Tom Jenkins
ISBN: 9780771050916
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
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