White Elephant Technology: 50 Crazy Inventions That Should Never Have Been Built, And What We Can Learn From Them
ISBN: 9781803990149 / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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146,22 zł |
What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?
ISBN: 9781579550813 / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,48 zł |
The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds
ISBN: 9781728248387 / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,14 zł |
The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow's technology still isn't here
ISBN: 9781399403108 / Twarda / 24-09-2024 / 304 str. Książka dostępna od: 24-09-2024 |
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91,86 zł |
你也能成为发明人: You Can Also Be An Inventor
ISBN: 9781647847111 / Chiński / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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142,09 zł |
Industry and Innovation : The Technological Revolution in the Lea Valley
ISBN: 9781907471025 / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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52,97 zł |
Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
ISBN: 9780060925819 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors of Life in a Medieval Castle.
An illuminating look at the monumental inventions of the Middle Ages, by the authors of Life in a Medieval Castle.
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79,36 zł |
They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators
ISBN: 9780316013857 / Angielski / Miękka / 692 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title provides a history of American innovators, some well known, some unknown, by the author of 'The American Century'.
This title provides a history of American innovators, some well known, some unknown, by the author of 'The American Century'.
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163,18 zł |
Where Stuff Comes from: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers, and Many Others Things Come to Be as They Are
ISBN: 9780415944007 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No toaster is an island. In fact, as Harvey Molotch demonstrates in this revealing tour of how things are created, the everyday objects of our life are a delicate and clever intermingling of design, timing and functionality that mirrors contemporary life. Where Stuff Comes From is about paper clips, post-its, bathtubs, cars and all the other stuff in our lives. It is about how these items were imagined into existence and made a part of the American material culture. From the designer to the manufacturer to the business owner to the consumer, Molotch guides us through the worlds of technology,...
No toaster is an island. In fact, as Harvey Molotch demonstrates in this revealing tour of how things are created, the everyday objects of our life ar...
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241,74 zł |
Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are
ISBN: 9780415950428 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Molotch takes us on a fascinating exploration into the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture. We now see how corporations, designers, retailers, advertisers, and other middle-men influence what a thing can be and how it is made. We see the way goods link into ordinary life as well as vast systems of consumption, economic and political operation. The book is a meditation into the meaning of the stuff in our lives and what that stuff says about us.
Molotch takes us on a fascinating exploration into the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture. We now see how corporations, desig...
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241,74 zł |
The Inventor - His World and His Inventions
ISBN: 9781406793963 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in the early 1930s. The book explains what invention really is, and the extent to which actual creation plays a part in it. It discusses the inventor himself and the intelligence and peculiar qualities which make him an inventor. Contents Include: What is Invention? The Inventor The Practice of Invention Financing Inventions Direction of Inventive Effort Mechanical Invention Electrical Invention Chemical Invention Psychological Invention Transformation of Energy Biological Invention Patent Laws etc. With descriptive illustrations.
Originally published in the early 1930s. The book explains what invention really is, and the extent to which actual creation plays a part in it. It di...
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140,36 zł |
Inventions
ISBN: 9781425909635 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 they require no parts. Read about dozens of inventions that will change the world. You will own one of these inventions soon!
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 li...
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164,06 zł |
Flash of Genius: And Other True Stories of Invention
ISBN: 9780312535728 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention by John Seabrook, staff writer for The New Yorker, is a collection of true stories about where great ideas come from, and is the basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Greg Kinnear releasing October 2008. "John Seabrook is one of America's finest non-fiction writers....Fascinating, entertaining, beautifully written and often poignant..."--Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation Where Do Great Ideas Come From? In Flash of Genius, John Seabrook explores the moment when inspiration... Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention by John Seabrook, staff writer for The New Yorker, is a collection of true... |
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116,97 zł |
The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists Are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book
ISBN: 9780007179893 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A cutting-edge science book in the style of 'Fermat's Last Theorem' and 'Chaos' from an exciting and accessible new voice in popular science writing. Bio-inspiration is a form of engineering but not in the conventional sense. Extending beyond our established and preconceived notions, scientists, architects and engineers are looking at imitating nature by manufacturing 'wet' materials such as spider silk or the surface of the gecko's foot. The amazing power of the gecko's foot has long been known - it can climb a vertical glass wall and even walk upside down on the ceiling - but... A cutting-edge science book in the style of 'Fermat's Last Theorem' and 'Chaos' from an exciting and accessible new voice in popular science writin... |
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41,75 zł |
You and Your Big Ideas - A Resource Guide for Inventors, Innovators and Entrepreneurs
ISBN: 9781595942609 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You and Your Big Ideas! is all about you. Each chapter contains valuable information and advice that will allow you to achieve your goals sooner rather than later and at much less cost (emotional and financial) to you. To help you make your way easily and quickly through the contents, the book is divided into five parts. It also has a Best Bets section where I introduce the go-to people who have consistently been there for me and helped me reach my dreams while they simplified my life. There is a handy Resource Guide located at the back where you can quickly access the contact information...
You and Your Big Ideas! is all about you. Each chapter contains valuable information and advice that will allow you to achieve your goals sooner rathe...
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69,97 zł |
The Gecko's Foot: Bio-Inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature
ISBN: 9780393337976 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The cutting-edge science of bio-inspiration gives way to architectural and product designs that mimic intricate mechanisms found in nature. In Peter Forbes's engaging book we discover that the spiny fruits of the cocklebur inspired the hook-and-loop fastener known as Velcro; unfolding leaves, insect wings, and space solar panels share similar origami folding patterns; the self-cleaning leaves of the sacred lotus plant have spawned a new industry of self-cleaning surfaces; and cantilever bridges have much in common with bison spines As we continue to study nature, bio-inspiration will...
The cutting-edge science of bio-inspiration gives way to architectural and product designs that mimic intricate mechanisms found in nature. In Peter F...
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100,09 zł |
Innovation: The Key to Prosperity Technology & America's Role in the 21st Century Global Economy
ISBN: 9780982373408 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An eloquent call to re-energize science and technology. Brilliantly synthesizes current science, exposing America's economic meltdown as scientific failure. Explains nanotechnology, knowledge economy, maglev, AI, biotechnology, the Internet as crucial to prosperity. Reveals how America was made hostage to energy cartels, bailout-seekers, obsolete technology. Johns Hopkins technology expert Aris Melissaratos formerly led a multibillion-dollar high-tech firm. N.J. Slabbert is an honored scholar and former Reader's Digest senior editor. Showing how America lost its technological nerve, they...
An eloquent call to re-energize science and technology. Brilliantly synthesizes current science, exposing America's economic meltdown as scientific fa...
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123,02 zł |
Science and Technology of an American Genius, The: Stanford R Ovshinsky
ISBN: 9789812818393 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Highlights the achievements of the self-taught inventor, scientist, manufacturer and entrepreneur, Stanford R Ovshinsky. This book explains for each of Ovshinsky's innovations the essence of his pioneering ideas and inventions.
Highlights the achievements of the self-taught inventor, scientist, manufacturer and entrepreneur, Stanford R Ovshinsky. This book explains for each o...
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604,49 zł |
The Art of Invention: The Creative Process of Discovery and Design
ISBN: 9781616142230 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title presents readers with an insightful exploration of the process of invention, and shows why simplicity, elegance and robustness are the three qualities which are essential not only to the success of simple devices but equally to complex inventions such as computer processors and nuclear power plants.
This title presents readers with an insightful exploration of the process of invention, and shows why simplicity, elegance and robustness are the thre...
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83,58 zł |
Inventing the Pizza Cutting Board: The Spilled Coffee Chronicles of Invention
ISBN: 9781453727607 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever had an idea for an invention but didn't know if it was worth the time and money to pursue? The Spilled Coffee Chronicles documents the ideas, creation, production, marketing and commercializing of different inventions. Inventing the Pizza Cutting Board (Portion Padltm) examines one invention with each volume concentrating on one or more aspects of the process of inventing. Volume 1, The Inventors, takes a look at what it takes to market an idea.
Have you ever had an idea for an invention but didn't know if it was worth the time and money to pursue? The Spilled Coffee Chronicles documents the i...
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65,77 zł |