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Innovation is a buzzword prevalent in business and media-but the origin of breakthrough technology is not a recent phenomenon. As far back as the American Revolution, seminal innovations such as the invention of electricity were the catalyst to sweeping, large-scale changes. One of them being "electric speech."

"The Invention of the Communication Engine 'Telephone' "is the fifth volume in the Invention Series. With an authoritative background in the sciences, author B. J. G. van der Kooij has plumbed the depths of the history of technology to create an insightful retelling of how...

This historical analysis of the events that led to the steam engine tells a fascinating story about people and their inventions. A case study as basis for a multidisciplinary PhD dissertation about innovation, it describes the work of many engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs, from Thomas Savery's 1698 water pump, known as "The Miner's Friend," to Richard Trevithick's "Puffing Devil" and "Catch Me Who Can" high-pressure steam locomotives, which came a century later.

Author and lifelong student of innovation B. J. G. van der Kooij places the inventions in the context of their time and...

B.J.G. van der Kooij continues his exploration of the history of technological innovation, taking readers on an amazing, in-depth journey and examination of the social climate of the times, the lives of innovators, emergent technologies, and their larger impacts.

In the early nineteenth century, Jacobi's boat experiment in St. Petersburg and Page's electric locomotive on the Washington and Baltimore Railroad heralded the use of DC electric motors.

In the 1850s, Gramme, Edison, and Brush developed early direct current generators, followed by the creation of self-exciting dynamos by...

This fascinating book about the invention of the telegraph is part of an expansive series by author B. J. G. van der Kooij, a specialist in innovation paradigms. Each book offers an in-depth exploration of a general-purpose technology, from the steam engine to the Internet, that lies at the foundation of today's global society.

The range of inventions that led to the electric telegraph begins with the initial research of two Germans in the 1830s: Gauss and Weber. Soon experimental telegraphs developed on both sides of the Atlantic (i.e., Morse in the US and Cooke & Wheatstone in...

This updated volume provides a clinical based overview of the assessment and treatment of ADHD in adults by a clinical researcher with extensive experience. Its practical focus allows each chapter to answer common questions encountered within clinical practice. Differential diagnosis of ADHD is also discussed in relation to comorbidity with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic delayed sleep phase.

Adult ADHD: Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment, fourth edition aims to help readers identify ADHD...