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99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu by Kenji Kawakami Publisher Comments Back by popular demand! Following the massive success of 101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions, 99 more specimens of the art of Chindogu to amaze, confuse, and entertain. Chindogu is the Japanese word coined for the art of the unuseless idea -- weirdly... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Intro to Pattens Info (Information in Focus Series) by Stephen Van Dulken Publisher Comments This guide was originally published to fill a clear need for a practicable and readable primer to patents as a source of technical information. The good response that it has received led to publishing a second, and now a third edition. It was originally... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla by Nikola Tesla and David Hatcher Childress Publisher Comments From the publishers that bring you such cherished yumminess as The Case for the Face, Who Killed Diana?, and Dark Moon comes this fine printing of some of Tesla's own writings along with additional material by David Hatcher Childress. Includes: The... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Patently Silly: From the Collapsible Walker to the Incinerating Toilet, the Craziest Inventions Ever Devised by Daniel Wright Publisher Comments Someone very wise once said, "Necessity is the mother of invention."Patently Silly asks, "Who is the father?" Building on the international reputation of the eponymous Web site Patently Silly is what you get when a stand-up comedian earns an... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Patents: Ingenious Inventions: How They Work and How They Came to Be by Ben Ikenson Publisher Comments Ingenious inventions - how they work and how they came to be.... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $3.95 Used - Miscellaneous
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The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television by Evan I Schwartz Publisher Comments In a story that is both of its time and timeless, Evan I. Schwartz tells a tale of genius versus greed, innocence versus deceit, and independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance. Many men have laid claim to the title "father of television," but... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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My Inventions and Other Writings by Nikola Tesla Publisher Comments The fascinating autobiography of the legendary inventor behind the radio, wireless energy, robotics, and much more. Famous for his pioneering contributions to the electronic age, his lifelong feud with Thomas Edison, and his erratic behavior, Nikola... (read more) Your price: $15.00 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 There has never been a history of America like Harold Evans's long-awaited They Made America. With the verve and cogency that made his American Century an acclaimed bestseller, Evans tells the epic story of the men and women who made America over two... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gadget Nation: A Journey Through the Eccentric World of Invention by Steve Greenberg Publisher Comments Have you ever heard of bird diapers?Interested in a talking toilet paper dispenser?What about a motorized ice cream cone?Slippers with built-in headlights?Looking for a Kosher Lamp? These aren’t gag gadgets from some lame late night talk show... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Menlo Park Reminiscences Volume 1 by Francis Jehl Publisher Comments Volume one of a three volume set. (This description is for all volumes.) No more important contribution to the story of pioneer electrical develoment could have been made than the intimate day-by-day details that Mr. Jehl set down in book form, at the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.75 Used - Trade Paper
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Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray by Linda Simon Publisher Comments A revelatory cultural history of electricity's introduction in the last half of the 19th century -- and our surprisingly strong resistance to it The modern world imagines that the invention of electricity was greeted with great enthusiasm. But in 1879... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski Publisher Comments "Success through Failure is an insightful and accessible foray into design. The book is a page-turner, with an intensity that builds as you read. I found myself waiting for discussions of various topics--from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to the space... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War by Nick Taylor Publisher Comments In 1957 Gordon Gould, then an obscure physicist and perennial graduate student, conceived one of the revolutionary inventions of the twentieth century -- the laser. But before he could submit a patent application, a prominent professor of physics whose... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Monturiols Dream by Matthew Stewart Publisher Comments The submarine inventor who wanted to save the world. Set in mid-19th century Barcelona, this is the remarkable story of an unlikely genius who went on to change the course of science and the development of an entire culture.... (read more) Your price: $2.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Secrets from an Inventor's Notebook by Maurice Kanbar Publisher Comments In this informative and fun-to-read guide, master inventor Maurice Kanbar-creator of the D-Fuzz-It sweater comb, New York's first multiplex theater, and SKYY Vodka-cracks open his notebook to walk would-be inventors through five proven steps for turning... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Inventions Researches Writings Tesla 2ND Edition by Thomas C Martin Your price: $10.50 Used - Book Club Hardcover
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Patents as Scientific and Technical Literature by Richard D Walker Publisher Comments After an introduction to patents, their historical development and their current characteristics, this book describes the uses to which patents can be put, followed by details of their availability. You get a lot for your money with this book...content... (read more) List Price $107.50 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Book of Inventions by Ian Harrison Publisher Comments Combining curious and colorful anecdotes with intricate research and photographs, National Geographic presents a fact-filled and lively history of inventions and their inventors. With a creative and humorous approach to reference, The Book of Inventions... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Works of Man by Ronald W Clark List Price $29.95 Your price: $4.48 Used - Hardcover
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Robot Riots by Alison Bing Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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