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Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age
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James Watt: Inventor and Engineer Whose Improvements to The Steam Engine Were Fundamental to The Changes Wrought by the Industrial
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /James Watt (19 January 1736 - 19 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the c...
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma o...
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My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
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Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World Is Inspiring Scientific Innovation
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Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation
HardcoverOriginal price $27.95Original price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /A lively and endlessly fascinating deep-dive into nature and the many groundbreaking human inventions inspired by the wild. "Delightful."—The Gu...
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Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines
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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World
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Science Was Wrong: Startling Truths About Cures, Theories, and Inventions They Declared Impossible
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Silicon Planet: My Life in Computer Chips
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
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The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s
HardcoverOriginal price $35.99Original price $35.99 - Original price $35.99Original price $35.99Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The conventional wisdom on how technology will change the future is wrong. Mark Mills lays out a radically different and optimistic vision for what...
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The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds
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The Everything Blueprint: Processing Power, Politics, and the Microchip Design that Conquered the World
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The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book
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The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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The Inventor's Complete Handbook: How to Develop, Patent, and Commercialize Your Ideas
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Award winning Physicist/Oceanographer Dr. James L. Cairns is a lifelong inventor with more than 60 issued and pending U.S. Patents. His systemati...
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The Laser That's Changing the World: The Amazing Stories behind Lidar, from 3D Mapping to Self-Driving Cars
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /One of the New York Times Best True Crime of 2022 A “spellbinding, thriller-like” (Shelf Awareness) history about the invention of the motion pic...
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The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Change the way you look at office supplies forever with this wonderfully enlightening and quirky exploration of the fascinating backstories of ev...
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
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What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?
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