The Tinkerers: Amateurs Diyers And Inventors Who Make America Great Alec Foege Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Economics Business & Finance Management

From Its Earliest Years The United States Was A Nation Of Tinkerers: Men And Women Who Looked At World Around Them Were Able To Create Something Genuinely New What They Saw Guided By Their Innate Curiosity Desire Know How Things Work Belief That Anything Can Be Improved Amateurs Professionals Benjamin Franklin Thomas Edison Came Up With Inventions Laid Foundations For America\ S Economic Dominance Recently Americans Have Come Question Whether Our Tinkering Spirit Has Survived Pressures Ruthless Corporate Organization Bottom-Line Driven Caution But As Alec Foege Shows In Tinkerers Reports Tinkering\ Death Been Greatly Exaggerated Through Stories Great Past Present Documents Edison\ Modern-Day Heirs Do Not Allow Cultural Obsessions Efficiency Conformity Interfere Passion Creativity Guiding Force Behind Both Major Corporate-Sponsored Innovations Such Personal Computer Ethernet Smaller Scale Potential Machine Make Low-Cost Eyeglass Lenses People Impoverished Countries Device Uses Lasers Shoot Malarial Mosquitoes Out Sky Some Attended Finest Engineering Schools Had No Formal Training Chosen Fields See Themselves Solo Artists Others Emphasize Importance Working Teams Binds Together Is An Ability Subvert Old Order Fresh Existing Technologies Apply Technical Know-How Problems Day Anyone Feared Voiding Warranty Knows Complexity Modern Systems Needlessly Intimidating Despite This - Anywhere It\ R D Lab Corporation Hobbyist\ Garage Or Summer Camp Budding Engineers Lively Retelling Recent History Captivating Interviews Today\ Most Creative Innovators Reveals Tradition Remains Unexpected Forms Heart American Society Culture Σελίδες: 224 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0101 Διαστάσεις: 16 2X16 2Cm