The most powerful idea in the world
Subtitle: a story of steam, industry, and invention
By: William Rosen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226726342
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Creative ability in technology; Technological innovations; Intellectual property; Industrial revolution; Economic aspects; History; Steam-engines
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rocket; title: Changes in the atmosphere; title: A great company of men; title: The first and true investor; title: A very great quantity of heat; title: Science in his hands; title: The whole thing was arranged in my mind; title: Master of them all; title: A field that is endless; title: Quite splendid with a file; title: To give England the power of cotton; title: Wealth of nations; title: Strong steam; title: The fuel of interest.