.

0 (hodnocen0 x )

EB

ONLINE

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

1 online resource (ix, 277 p.) : ill

ISBN 019530599X (hdbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780195305999

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index

Priority 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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

001705500

full

(Au-PeEL)EBL431056

(CaONFJC)MIL84651

(CaPaEBR)ebr10160574

(MiAaPQ)EBC431056

(OCoLC)609831778