How Invention Begins: Echoes of Old Voices in the Rise of New Machines
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Book Overview In How Invention Begins, Lienhard reconciles the ends of invention with the individual leaps upon which they are built, illuminating the ...
In How Invention Begins, Lienhard reconciles the ends of invention with the individual leaps upon which they are built, illuminating the vast web of individual inspirations that lie behind whole technologies. He traces, for instance, the way in which thousands of people applied their combined inventive genius to airplanes, railroad engines, and automobiles. As he does so, it becomes clear that a collective desire, an upwelling of fascination, a spirit of the times--a Zeitgeist--laid its hold upon inventors. The thing they all sought to create was speed itself. Likewise, Lienhard shows that when we trace the astonishingly complex technology of printing books, we come at last to that which we desire from books--the knowledge, the learning, that they provide. Can we speak of speed or education as inventions? To do so, he concludes, is certainly no greater a stretch than it is to call radio or the telephone an "invention."
Throughout this marvelous volume, Lienhard illuminates these webs of insight or inspiration by weaving a fabric of anecdote, history, and technical detail--all of which come together to provide a full and satisfying portrait of the true nature of invention.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 277 | Language: English | Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR | ISBN: 0195341201
FormatPaperback
Pages277
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0195341201
EAN9780195341201
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PR
Publication Date1970-01-01
Edition1
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.9 Pounds
Length9.22 Inches
Width6.23 Inches
Height0.76 Inches
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