TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lienhard,John H.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - How invention begins: echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines 
AV  - T15 .L485 2006eb
U1  - 609 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Inventions
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index; Priority 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10160574
ER  -