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Reviewed on September 15, 2015 | Science and Technology
This book seeks to dispel the myth that invention is the work of a lone genius who suddenly discovers something in a "eureka" moment. Rather, as Weightman (The Frozen Water Trade) describes, innovations have behind them a long history of talented people who make incremental progress toward a finished project. Each chapter begins with the instance in which someone, often an inventor with whom the reader is ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



