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020 _z019530599X (hdbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z9780195305999
035 _a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160574
035 _a(OCoLC)560275115
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_cCaPaEBR
050 1 4 _aT15
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100 1 _aLienhard, John H.,
_d1930-
245 1 0 _aHow invention begins
_h[electronic resource] :
_bechoes of old voices in the rise of new machines /
_cJohn H. Lienhard.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006.
300 _aix, 277 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.
505 0 _aPriority 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aInventions
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10160574
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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