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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The machine as seen at the end of the mechanical age The machine as seen at the end of the mechanical age J. K. P. Hulten "The Machine" is a museum catalog created in 1968 for The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It is bound by a metal cover riveted to the catalog (stamped illustration on the front cover, plain me… OL12912849W
Where good ideas come from Where good ideas come from Steven Johnson,Steven Johnson This work tracks the history of innovation in the form of the "slow hunch". The author discusses how new ideas form from the scaffolding of older ideas, a phenomenon he describes as the "adjacent pos… OL15392361W
Facts & Fallacies Facts & Fallacies Dorling Kindersley "In two words: impossible!" said famed Hollywood producer Sam Goldwyn. But Facts & Fallacies proves otherwise. It sifts through the implausible, the improbable, the unlikely, and the bizarre--and … OL16059657W
Queen of inventions Queen of inventions Laurie M. Carlson Looks at the history of sewing and how it was transformed in the 1850s when an American inventor, Isaac Singer, not only invented a practical sewing machine, but also a way for everyone to afford one. OL17330099W
Armstrong Armstrong Torben Kuhlmann A long time ago a mouse learned to fly . . . and crossed the Atlantic. But what happened next? Torben Kuhlmann's stunning new book transports readers to the moon and beyond! On the heels of L… OL17595607W
Iggy Peck, Architect Iggy Peck, Architect Andrea Beaty,David Roberts Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irrever… OL5839794W
El Ascenso De Europa El Ascenso De Europa Daniela Forni Entre los siglos XV y XVII los grandes descubrimientos geográficos; la llegada de Colón a América; las innovaciones tecnológicas; las naves y los cañones de los europeos... cambiaron el orden del mun… OL9989877W