How invention begins echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines /

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Hlavní autor: Lienhard, John H., 1930-
Korporativní autor: ebrary, Inc
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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  • 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.