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Imagination and a Pile of Junk

- A Droll History of Inventors and Inventions
Af: Trevor Norton Engelsk Paperback

Imagination and a Pile of Junk

- A Droll History of Inventors and Inventions
Af: Trevor Norton Engelsk Paperback
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''In his whistle-stop tour of inventions large and small, the scientist Trevor Norton shares the Gershwins'' view that invention is fundamentally comic.'' The Sunday Times

Trevor Norton, who has been compared to Gerard Durrell and Bill Bryson, weaves an entertaining history with a seductive mix of eureka moments, disasters and dirty tricks.

Although inventors were often scientists or engineers, many were not: Samuel Morse (Morse code) was a painter, Lazlow Biro (ballpoint) was a sculptor and hypnotist, and Logie Baird (TV) sold boot polish. The inventor of the automatic telephone switchboard was an undertaker who believed the operator was diverting his calls to rival morticians so he decided to make all telephone operators redundant.

Inventors are mavericks indifferent to conventional wisdom so critics were dismissive of even their best ideas: radio had ''no future,'' electric light was ''an idiotic idea'' and X-rays were ''a hoax.'' Even so, the state of New Jersey moved to ban X-ray opera glasses. The head of the General Post Office rejected telephones as unneccesary as there were ''plenty of small boys to run messages.''

Inventomania is a magical place where eccentrics are always in season and their stories are usually unbelievable - but rest assured, nothing has been invented.

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''In his whistle-stop tour of inventions large and small, the scientist Trevor Norton shares the Gershwins'' view that invention is fundamentally comic.'' The Sunday Times

Trevor Norton, who has been compared to Gerard Durrell and Bill Bryson, weaves an entertaining history with a seductive mix of eureka moments, disasters and dirty tricks.

Although inventors were often scientists or engineers, many were not: Samuel Morse (Morse code) was a painter, Lazlow Biro (ballpoint) was a sculptor and hypnotist, and Logie Baird (TV) sold boot polish. The inventor of the automatic telephone switchboard was an undertaker who believed the operator was diverting his calls to rival morticians so he decided to make all telephone operators redundant.

Inventors are mavericks indifferent to conventional wisdom so critics were dismissive of even their best ideas: radio had ''no future,'' electric light was ''an idiotic idea'' and X-rays were ''a hoax.'' Even so, the state of New Jersey moved to ban X-ray opera glasses. The head of the General Post Office rejected telephones as unneccesary as there were ''plenty of small boys to run messages.''

Inventomania is a magical place where eccentrics are always in season and their stories are usually unbelievable - but rest assured, nothing has been invented.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 448
ISBN-13: 9781444732580
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1444732587
Kategori: Opfindelser og opfindere
Udg. Dato: 4 jun 2015
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 131mm
Højde: 200mm
Forlag: Hodder & Stoughton
Oplagsdato: 4 jun 2015
Forfatter(e): Trevor Norton
Forfatter(e) Trevor Norton

Kategori Opfindelser og opfindere

ISBN-13 9781444732580

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 448

Udgave

Længde 31mm

Bredde 131mm

Højde 200mm

Udg. Dato 4 jun 2015

Oplagsdato 4 jun 2015

Forlag Hodder & Stoughton

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