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010 _a 2005030825
020 _a019530599X (hdbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a9780195341201
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm62152871
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050 0 0 _aT15
_b.L485 2006
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100 1 _aLienhard, John H.,
_d1930-
245 1 0 _aHow invention begins :
_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. ;
_c24 cm.
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.
650 0 _aInventions
_xHistory.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005030825.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/2005030825-d.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2005030825-b.html
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_cLIBRO
955 _ajf05 2005-10-21
_cjf05 2005-10-21 to subj.;
_aaa07 2005-10-24
_aps14 2006-10-06 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.
_ald11 2008-08-27 copy 2 to BCCD
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