The Book of Inventions

The Book of Inventions
Author: Ian Harrison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2004
Genre: Inventions
ISBN: 9781844031849

This encyclopedia of inventions provides the dates, the details and the stories of how we gained some of the things we now take for granted. Every possible invention is covered from the simple paperclip to the irritating parking meter.

The Wild Book of Inventions

The Wild Book of Inventions
Author: Chus Martinez
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 3956792491

In essays, poems, sketches, and photographs, twenty authors challenge the exclusive human claim to intelligence. Can contemporary art's practitioners change the way we perceive nature? In The Wild Book of Inventions, twenty authors employ a variety of forms, including speculative essays, poems, pencil sketches, and photo essays, to challenge the exclusive human claim to intelligence by pointing to, or inventing, new forms of coexistence for all life-forms. Far more complex than the necessary and continuous exercise of critique, these contributions introduce new ways to experience culture. Contributors Nabil Ahmed, Armen Avanessian, Hannah Black, Kristina Buch, Tyler Coburn, Ann Cotten, Paul Feigelfeld, Fernando García-Dory, Kenneth Goldsmith, Anke Hennig, Ingela Ihrman, Tiphanie Kim Mall, Chus Martínez, Momus, Ingo Niermann, Trevor Paglen, Filipa Ramos, Lin May Saeed, Emily Segal, Johannes Willi

Advanced NXT

Advanced NXT
Author: Matthias Paul Scholz
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2008-09-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430202580

The popularity of NXT and the success of The Da Vinci Code are combined in this fascinating book. Projects for building and programming five of Leonardo's most famous inventions are covered in detail: the tank, the helicopter, the catapult, the flying machine, and the revolving bridge. This book is written for serious NXT programmers and covers the most popular programming environments available today. The book is abundantly illustrated and includes sample code and countless best-practices strategies.

Variations on Normal

Variations on Normal
Author: Dominic Wilcox
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-08-21
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1473521262

Ingenious and amusing illustrated inventions from the brilliant mind of Dominic Wilcox 'I love this book. Laugh-out-loud funny. I want a salty thumb lolly now!' Harry Hill As we go about our day-to-day business, we see the same stuff every day. The bath, the fridge, the lamp post, the bicycle, the tree... so far, so humdrum. But not if you are Dominic Wilcox. Dominic sees things a little differently. For him, inside each of these everyday things are hundreds of surprising ideas waiting to be discovered. The Portable Bottom Seat, the Sick Bag Beard, Wrist Nets for the Butterfingered – Dominic's unexpected inventions, conflations and modifications promise to make your life that little bit easier, or at least more amusing. Normal will never seem quite so normal again.

The Klutz Book of Inventions

The Klutz Book of Inventions
Author: John Cassidy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Inventions
ISBN: 9781591748793

From the same brains who brought you The Encyclopedia of Immaturity comes The Klutz Book of Inventions, a 200-page catalog of never-before-seen contraptions that are equal parts brilliant, useful, and ridiculous. None of them exist as actual products, but in a better world, a funnier world, they would all be household essentials.One of the most ambitous projects we've ever undertaken, this compendium was created over the course of hundreds of brainstorm hours by an all-star team from Klutz and IDEO, the world's foremost product design firm. Each of the inventions was actually built in the legendary IDEO workshop before being photographed (usually in action) and described on its own page.

Great Inventors and Their Inventions

Great Inventors and Their Inventions
Author: Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1918
Genre: Inventions
ISBN:

Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.

Ancient Inventions

Ancient Inventions
Author: Peter J. James
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 702
Release: 1995
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0345401026

A guide to ancient accomplishments and inventions unearths the origins of modern creations, including computers in ancient Greece, plastic surgery in India in the first century B.C., and a postal service in medieval Baghdad

The Story of Inventions

The Story of Inventions
Author: Catherine Barr
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 071124538X

This brilliant book introduces 15 of the world’s most incredible inventions to children. Using bitesize text and beautifully bright illustrations this is the perfect book for science and history lovers everywhere. The world is brimming full of incredible inventions - but where did it all begin? How did these incredible inventions come about? Journey back in time, travel across the world and discover incredible inventions from throughout history. Take a ride on the very first wheel, find your way and ensure you'll never get lost again with the compass, let the lights come on with electricity, watch as the world puffs into life with the steam engine and many more astounding inventions. Written with bite sized pieces of text and illustrated with bright and engaging artwork, this is the perfect introduction to some of the most amazing inventions that have helped make history. Learn fascinating facts about the people behind these inventions and how their discoveries changed the world forever. So what are you waiting for? Let's uncover The Story of Inventions! Inventions featured: The wheel, the compass, paper, clocks, gunpowder, steam engines, vaccinations, computers, electricity, the telephone, the car, planes, plastic, nuclear weapons and the internet.

1001 Inventions that Changed the World

1001 Inventions that Changed the World
Author: Jack Challoner
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Incorporated
Total Pages: 960
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780764161360

Presents a review of technological innovations and inventions, from the ancient world to the present day.