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In Hollywood biopics, inspiration strikes great inventors like a bolt of lightning. An accident, a random thought, an apparently unconnected remark - any of these things can provide the trigger that the screen hero of heroine needs to perfect an invention. The movies make it seem all too easy, of course, but a surprising number of inventions really have sprung from just such a eureka moment. inventions were conceived. It demonstrates how sheer creative genius enables a few lucky individuals to look right through the problem, and come up with a solution that has eluded rivals. Also considered are other aspects of innovative technology, such as the simultaneous and independent invention of a new device by researchers on opposite sides of the world. (in Thomas Edison's words) genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration. The book dedicates a section to these non-eureka moments.
| ISBN-13 | 9780753408193 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0753408198 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 96 pages |
| Publisher | Gardners Books |
| Published On | 2003-10-20 |
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