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The Independent Inventor's Handbook: The Best Advice from Idea to Payoff by Louis Foreman Publisher Comments How do you actually turn a million-dollar idea into a million dollars? From scribble-on-the-napkin to product-on-the market, The Prosperous Inventor's Handbookexplains everything a potential inventor needs to know and the tools he or she needs to use to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Accidental Inventions: The Chance Discoveries That Changed Our Lives by Birgit Krols Synopsis Its hard to imagine a world without Coca-Cola, Post-its, or Velcro, but have you ever stopped to wonder how and when these items came to be? Accidental Inventions reveals the fascinating stories behind the toys, foods, gadgets, and tools we now consider... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Inventors and Inventions by Black Dog Publishing Publisher Comments Inventors and Inventions provides a vibrant account of inventions past and present, and the brilliant minds behind them; charting the evolution of the inventions at the core of our society, alongside those that have evolved with the technological... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Press 1 for Pig Latin by Robert S. Swiatek Synopsis Highlighting the automobile, television, computer, the telephone, and the bomb, Swiatek discusses the pitfalls of technology and offers solutions to clean up the mess that people are responsible for.... (read more) Your price: $16.25 New - Trade Paper
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Past Truth and Present Poetry: Medical Discoveries and the People Behind Them by Richard J. Bing Synopsis This is a book comprising 28 small chapters focusing on medical scientists and their discoveries. The title states past truth because these are truly historical and memorable events to be noted by anyone with an interest in medicine, but also present... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $28.50 New - Mass Market
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Telephone Tales: History of Telephone People and the Equipment They Worked with by Don Conrad Publisher Comments College students graduating now, probably never cranked a phone to get an operator to complete a call for them. Many may not have even heard of it. Many talk of dialing a telephone when they push buttons to make a telephone call, but don't know why its... (read more) List Price $9.56 Your price: $8.48 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Gadget Nation: A Journey Through the Eccentric World of Invention by Steve Greenberg Publisher Comments Americans love their gadgets, and Steve Greenberg, the “Innovation Insider,” pays tribute to the country's spirit of inventiveness. Featuring more than 100 quirky innovations, Gadget Nation is a fun and inspirational showcase of clever... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Super Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things: Power Devices with Your Plants, Modify High-Tech Toys, Turn a Penny into a Battery, and More by Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing Publisher Comments As the eighth book in Cy Tymony's Sneaky Uses series Super Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things includes never-before-seen activities, including Sneaky Fashion such as Light-up Nails and Sneaky Belts and Bracelets. Over 30 new inventions are outlined inside... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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International Series in Operations Research & Management Science #108: Markovian Demand Inventory Models by D Beyer Publisher Comments "This book contains the most complete, rigorous mathematical treatment of the classical dynamic inventory model with stochastics demands that I am aware of. Emphasis is placed on a demand structure governed by a discrete time Markov chain. The state of... (read more) List Price $159.00 Your price: $50.00 Used - Hardcover
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They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators by Harold Evans Publisher Comments Now available in a text-only paperback edition, THEY MADE AMERICA is a stirring and supremely readable work of history--a celebration of the entrepreneurial energy that has fueled our nation since its inception. The real inventor of the steam engine. The... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Markovian Demand Inventory Models by Dirk Beyer Publisher Comments With a particular focus on inventory models where these world events are modeled by Markov processes, the authors present their research on Markovian demand inventory models, which was carried out over a period of ten years beginning in the early... (read more) List Price $139.00 Your price: $133.79 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Telephone Tales: History of Telephone People and the Equipment They Worked with by Don Conrad Publisher Comments College students graduating now, probably never cranked a phone to get an operator to complete a call for them. Many may not have even heard of it. Many talk of dialing a telephone when they push buttons to make a telephone call, but don't know why its... (read more) Your price: $13.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Eureka Method: How to Think Like an Inventor by John Hershey Publisher Comments Fuel your "Eureka!" moments and become a successful inventor Envision breakthrough new products using the proven methods and applied reasoning techniques of today's successful inventors. The Eureka Method: How to Think Like an Inventor lays out a... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $22.19 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Phantoms of the Skies: The Lost History of Aviation from Antiquity to the Wright Brothers by J Allan Danelek Publisher Comments It has been traditional to teach school children that Christopher Columbus discovered America, that Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic, and that the Wright Brother's invented the airplane. Time has since taught us that the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Super Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things: Power Devices with Your Plants, Modify High-Tech Toys, Turn a Penny Into a Battery, Make Sneaky Light-Up Nails by Cy Tymony Publisher Comments As the eighth book in Cy Tymony's Sneaky Uses series Super Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things includes never-before-seen activities, including Sneaky Fashion such as Light-up Nails and Sneaky Belts and Bracelets. Over 30 new inventions are outlined inside... (read more) Your price: $12.99 New - Trade Paper
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Inventions by Fred Sanders Publisher Comments Pow! This small book packs a big punch! Every paragraph is full of energy. The inventions range from a machine to stop a hurricane to better sex to living through a heart attack! Some inventions are methods. You can use these inventions immediately since... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Hardcover
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Democratizing Innovation by Eric Von Hippel Publisher Comments Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. These innovating users--both individuals and firms--often freely share... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ancient Chinese Inventions (Introductions to Chinese Culture) by Yinke Deng Publisher Comments China has given birth to numerous scientific and technological inventions, and for many centuries led the world in such innovations. Indeed, some of the most important inventions in the history of human civilization originated in China - not least the... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Popularly Explained by Wentworth Massi Walter Wentworth Massie Synopsis An unabridged, digitally enlarged printing with commentary by Nikola Tesla at book's end.... (read more) Your price: $13.75 New - Trade Paper
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They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators by Harold Evans Publisher Comments A history of the United States's major inventors and innovators includes coverage of such figures as Henry and Edsel Ford, cosmetics entrepreneur C. J. Walker, and Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, in a tie-in to a PBS four-part series that... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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