Screen LibraryHow invention begins：echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 277 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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019530599X (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780195305999 |
| Index Number: | N19 |
| CLC: | N19-09 |
| Call Number: | N19-09/C719 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index. Priority and apriority. Ötzi 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. |