01878nam a22003014a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003600112020001800148040002100166035002100187050002200208082001200230100003000242245012100272260005800393300002300451504006400474505068900538533015201227650002501379655002901404710001701433856012601450ebr10160574CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||051021s2006    enka    sb    001 0 eng    z  2005030825  z019530599X (hdbk. : alk. paper)  z9780195305999  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)56027511514aT15b.L485 2006eb04a6092221 aLienhard, John H.,d1930-10aHow invention beginsh[electronic resource] :bechoes of old voices in the rise of new machines /cJohn H. Lienhard.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2006.  aix, 277 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.0 aPriority and apriority. �Otzi 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aInventionsxHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10160574zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view