How Invention Begins by John H Lienhard
More a prehistory of invention and a biography of ideas and their originators than an exposition of technological advances, the stories explicate the evolution of ideas that eventually result in the historic naming of an inventor.
Lienhard is enthralled with invention, how it happens and how inventions both shape and are shaped by cultureHe posits that the quest for a single canonical inventor of a new technology is illusory, because all inventions are the sum of many contributors. To make his point, Lienhard (host of public radio's The Engines of Our Ingenuity ) traces the development of airplanes and steam engines, among other technologies, in a lucid style filled with interesting forays into origins and biography.... The author's personality permeates his writing, and it's impossible not to admire his optimism, his far-reaching knowledge and his enthusiasm for learning. * Publishers Weekly *
John H. Lienhard is M.D. Anderson Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and of History at the University of Houston. He is the author and host of "The Engines of Our Ingenuity," a daily radio essay on invention and creativity heard nationally on Public Radio and internationally on the Armed Forces Network. He is also the author of the book The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture. Books by the same author: Inventing Modern The Engines of Our Ingenuity
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195341201 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195341201 |
| Title | How Invention Begins |
| Author | John H Lienhard |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2008-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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