Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
ISBN: 9780060925819 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors of Life in a Medieval Castle.
An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors of Life in a Medieval Castle.
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82,95 zł |
They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators
ISBN: 9780316013857 / Angielski / Miękka / 692 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title provides a history of American innovators, some well known, some unknown, by the author of 'The American Century'.
This title provides a history of American innovators, some well known, some unknown, by the author of 'The American Century'.
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170,56 zł |
Where Stuff Comes from: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers, and Many Others Things Come to Be as They Are
ISBN: 9780415944007 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No toaster is an island. In fact, as Harvey Molotch demonstrates in this revealing tour of how things are created, the everyday objects of our life are a delicate and clever intermingling of design, timing and functionality that mirrors contemporary life. Where Stuff Comes From is about paper clips, post-its, bathtubs, cars and all the other stuff in our lives. It is about how these items were imagined into existence and made a part of the American material culture. From the designer to the manufacturer to the business owner to the consumer, Molotch guides us through the worlds of technology,...
No toaster is an island. In fact, as Harvey Molotch demonstrates in this revealing tour of how things are created, the everyday objects of our life ar...
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251,80 zł |
Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are
ISBN: 9780415950428 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Molotch takes us on a fascinating exploration into the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture. We now see how corporations, designers, retailers, advertisers, and other middle-men influence what a thing can be and how it is made. We see the way goods link into ordinary life as well as vast systems of consumption, economic and political operation. The book is a meditation into the meaning of the stuff in our lives and what that stuff says about us.
Molotch takes us on a fascinating exploration into the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture. We now see how corporations, desig...
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251,80 zł |
The Inventor - His World and His Inventions
ISBN: 9781406793963 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in the early 1930s. The book explains what invention really is, and the extent to which actual creation plays a part in it. It discusses the inventor himself and the intelligence and peculiar qualities which make him an inventor. Contents Include: What is Invention? The Inventor The Practice of Invention Financing Inventions Direction of Inventive Effort Mechanical Invention Electrical Invention Chemical Invention Psychological Invention Transformation of Energy Biological Invention Patent Laws etc. With descriptive illustrations.
Originally published in the early 1930s. The book explains what invention really is, and the extent to which actual creation plays a part in it. It di...
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146,72 zł |
Inventions
ISBN: 9781425909635 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pow! This small book packs a big punch! Every paragraph is full of energy. The inventions range from a machine to stop a hurricane to better sex to living through a heart attack! Some inventions are methods. You can use these inventions immediately since they require no parts. Read about dozens of inventions that will change the world. You will own one of these inventions soon!
Pow! This small book packs a big punch! Every paragraph is full of energy. The inventions range from a machine to stop a hurricane to better sex to li...
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171,48 zł |
Flash of Genius: And Other True Stories of Invention
ISBN: 9780312535728 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention by John Seabrook, staff writer for The New Yorker, is a collection of true stories about where great ideas come from, and is the basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Greg Kinnear releasing October 2008. "John Seabrook is one of America's finest non-fiction writers....Fascinating, entertaining, beautifully written and often poignant..."--Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation Where Do Great Ideas Come From? In Flash of Genius, John Seabrook explores the moment when inspiration... Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention by John Seabrook, staff writer for The New Yorker, is a collection of true... |
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122,26 zł |
The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists Are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book
ISBN: 9780007179893 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A cutting-edge science book in the style of 'Fermat's Last Theorem' and 'Chaos' from an exciting and accessible new voice in popular science writing. Bio-inspiration is a form of engineering but not in the conventional sense. Extending beyond our established and preconceived notions, scientists, architects and engineers are looking at imitating nature by manufacturing 'wet' materials such as spider silk or the surface of the gecko's foot. The amazing power of the gecko's foot has long been known - it can climb a vertical glass wall and even walk upside down on the ceiling - but... A cutting-edge science book in the style of 'Fermat's Last Theorem' and 'Chaos' from an exciting and accessible new voice in popular science writin... |
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43,64 zł |
You and Your Big Ideas - A Resource Guide for Inventors, Innovators and Entrepreneurs
ISBN: 9781595942609 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You and Your Big Ideas! is all about you. Each chapter contains valuable information and advice that will allow you to achieve your goals sooner rather than later and at much less cost (emotional and financial) to you. To help you make your way easily and quickly through the contents, the book is divided into five parts. It also has a Best Bets section where I introduce the go-to people who have consistently been there for me and helped me reach my dreams while they simplified my life. There is a handy Resource Guide located at the back where you can quickly access the contact information...
You and Your Big Ideas! is all about you. Each chapter contains valuable information and advice that will allow you to achieve your goals sooner rathe...
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73,14 zł |
The Gecko's Foot: Bio-Inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature
ISBN: 9780393337976 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The cutting-edge science of bio-inspiration gives way to architectural and product designs that mimic intricate mechanisms found in nature. In Peter Forbes's engaging book we discover that the spiny fruits of the cocklebur inspired the hook-and-loop fastener known as Velcro; unfolding leaves, insect wings, and space solar panels share similar origami folding patterns; the self-cleaning leaves of the sacred lotus plant have spawned a new industry of self-cleaning surfaces; and cantilever bridges have much in common with bison spines As we continue to study nature, bio-inspiration will...
The cutting-edge science of bio-inspiration gives way to architectural and product designs that mimic intricate mechanisms found in nature. In Peter F...
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104,61 zł |
Science and Technology of an American Genius, The: Stanford R Ovshinsky
ISBN: 9789812818393 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Highlights the achievements of the self-taught inventor, scientist, manufacturer and entrepreneur, Stanford R Ovshinsky. This book explains for each of Ovshinsky's innovations the essence of his pioneering ideas and inventions.
Highlights the achievements of the self-taught inventor, scientist, manufacturer and entrepreneur, Stanford R Ovshinsky. This book explains for each o...
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629,62 zł |
The Art of Invention: The Creative Process of Discovery and Design
ISBN: 9781616142230 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title presents readers with an insightful exploration of the process of invention, and shows why simplicity, elegance and robustness are the three qualities which are essential not only to the success of simple devices but equally to complex inventions such as computer processors and nuclear power plants.
This title presents readers with an insightful exploration of the process of invention, and shows why simplicity, elegance and robustness are the thre...
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87,36 zł |
Inventing the Pizza Cutting Board: The Spilled Coffee Chronicles of Invention
ISBN: 9781453727607 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever had an idea for an invention but didn't know if it was worth the time and money to pursue? The Spilled Coffee Chronicles documents the ideas, creation, production, marketing and commercializing of different inventions. Inventing the Pizza Cutting Board (Portion Padltm) examines one invention with each volume concentrating on one or more aspects of the process of inventing. Volume 1, The Inventors, takes a look at what it takes to market an idea.
Have you ever had an idea for an invention but didn't know if it was worth the time and money to pursue? The Spilled Coffee Chronicles documents the i...
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68,75 zł |
Confederate Invention: The Story of the Confederate States Patent Office and Its Inventors
ISBN: 9780807137628 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The formation of the Confederate States of America involved more than an attempt to create a new, sovereign nation -- it inspired a flurry of creativity and entrepreneurialism in the South that fiercely matched Union ingenuity. H. Jackson Knight's Confederate Invention brings to light the forgotten history of the Confederacy's industrious inventors and its active patent office. Despite the destruction wrought by the Civil War, evidence of Confederate inventions exists in the registry of the Confederate States Patent Office. Hundreds of southerners submitted applications to the agency to... The formation of the Confederate States of America involved more than an attempt to create a new, sovereign nation -- it inspired a flurry of creat... |
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275,18 zł |
The Essential Inventor's Guide: Step-by-step methods to successfully evaluate, patent, and market your invention on a budget
ISBN: 9781439261903 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by a successful inventor for inventors, The Essential Inventor's Guide provides step-by-step in-depth instruction on how to make your invention a success. Learn proven techniques to evaluate the market potential and patentability of your invention, perform a thorough patent search, write a quality patent, and license your invention in an easy learn-as-you-go style. The Essential Inventor's Guide teaches practical time-saving techniques to write a patent application using Ms Word. The Essential Inventor's Guide's companion Patent Application Workbook is available for FREE download on...
Written by a successful inventor for inventors, The Essential Inventor's Guide provides step-by-step in-depth instruction on how to make your inventio...
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91,50 zł |
The Practical Inventor: Your Sequence for success
ISBN: 9781456533656 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Practical Inventor is a powerful, fun, and engaging kit that guides the inventor step- by-step through the SIMPLE process of developing your idea into a successful product. * Select your best idea * Build prototypes on a budget * Protect your ideas * Properly document your ideas * Evaluate product feasibility Sequence - Put your product development in synchronization with your business development. Have a Strategy with the steps to accomplish it. Investigate - Find out if your idea really is valid and what it is worth before spending much time and money on it. Managed Approach - Plan and...
The Practical Inventor is a powerful, fun, and engaging kit that guides the inventor step- by-step through the SIMPLE process of developing your idea ...
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91,50 zł |
Why Has America Stopped Inventing
ISBN: 9781614480488 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Why Has America Stopped Inventing?" takes a close look at why America's 200 year experiment with patents appears to be failing. It explains why the over-legislated patent system has snuffed out any incentive to invent desperately needed technologies, such as new forms of clean energy.
"Why Has America Stopped Inventing?" takes a close look at why America's 200 year experiment with patents appears to be failing. It explains why the o...
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87,14 zł |
Science Fair to Market Share
ISBN: 9781419626371 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is intended to introduce teachers and students to science fair projects that can be adapted to business projects.In the course of exploring these projects steps are given to allow students to develop their inventive skills.
This book is intended to introduce teachers and students to science fair projects that can be adapted to business projects.In the course of exploring ...
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96,26 zł |
Trizics: Teach yourself TRIZ, how to invent, innovate and solve "impossible" technical problems systematically
ISBN: 9781456319892 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. TRIZ first emerged from the former Soviet Union in the 1990's. TRIZ is the Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. TRIZ is a set of tools for directing creative thinking based upon the study of patents. Breakthrough thinking is not left to creative inspiration. Instead, new and innovative ideas that solve simple to highly complex technical problems or create new inventions can be systematically derived. TRIZICS is an organized process for the practical application of TRIZ, it incorporates TRIZ tools into a simple step-by-step framework that includes the logic of structured...
TRIZ first emerged from the former Soviet Union in the 1990's. TRIZ is the Russian acronym for Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. TRIZ is a set of t...
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413,69 zł |
Hope Deferred: Ingratitude, Disdain
ISBN: 9781468161236 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,40 zł |