Splendidly unreasonable inventors
Subtitle: the lives, loves and deaths of 30 pioneers who changed the world
By: Jeremy Coller with Christine Chamberlain
Contributors: Chamberlain, Christine
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781590202692
Subjects: Inventions; Inventors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: King Camp Gilette: that one big idea; title: Chester Carlson: one big chance; title: Isaac Merritt Singer: a toad in his time; title: Kokichi Mikimoto: pearls of wisdom; title: John Stith Pemberton: the gift of addiction; title: Alfred Bernhard Nobel: Mr. Dynamite; title: Samuel Colt: the big bang; title: Bette Nesmith Graham: disappearing act; title: Marc Isambard Brunel: tunnel vision; title: Isambard Kingdom Brunel: the biggest and the best; title: John Holland: taking a dip; title: Rudolf Diesel: internal combustion; title: George Selden: road hog; title: Percy Shaw: eye catcher; title: Charles Goodyear: cooking caoutchouc; title: Eli Whitney: running wild; title: William Thomas Green Morton: confidence man; title: Jonas Salk: a pass at the moon; title: Paul Winchell: the way to an artificial heart; title: Albert Coombs Barnes: playing with art; title: Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis: I speak but no one will listen; title: Thomas Alva Edison: the wizard; title: Nikola Tesla: the magician; title: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince: where in the world?; title: Auguste and Louis Lumière: the magic box; title: William Bradford Shockley: Doctor Beep Beep; title: Alexander Graham Bell: business calls; title: Samuel Finley Breese Morse: lightning line; title: Sir Charles Wheatstone: an empty chair; title: Charles Proteus Steinmetz: gentle giant.