Inventions & Inventors eTextbooks

Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel

Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages

Forecasting Innovations

Methods for Predicting Numbers of Patent Filings

Ancient Engineers' Inventions

Precursors of the Present

Patent Applications

A Tool for Identifying Advances in Polymer Chemistry R & D

Patent Strategy

The Manager's Guide to Profiting from Patent Portfolios

Inventorship

The Art of Innovation

Build a Better Mousetrap

Make Classic Inventions, Discover Your Problem-Solving Genius, and Take the Inventor's Challenge

The Economics of the European Patent System

IP Policy for Innovation and Competition

Forks, Phonographs, and Hot Air Balloons

A Field Guide to Inventive Thinking

Essentials of Patents

Markovian Demand Inventory Models

Inventive Thinking through TRIZ

A Practical Guide

The Genius of Archimedes -- 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Science and Engineering

Proceedings of an International Conference held at Syracuse, Italy, June 8-10, 2010

Patent Inventions - Intellectual Property and the Victorian Novel

Intellectual Property and the Victorian Novel

The Entrepreneurial Spirit of African American Inventors

Victorian Technology

Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine

Big Ben

the Great Clock and the Bells at the Palace of Westminster

The Hancocks of Marlborough

Rubber, Art and the Industrial Revolution - A Family of Inventive Genius

Intersection

How Enterprise Design Bridges the Gap between Business, Technology, and People

The Power Makers

Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America

Twelve Inventions Which Changed America

The Influence of Technology on American Culture

Not Here, Not Now

Speculative Thought, Impossibility, and the Design Imagination

Swarm Intelligence Applications for the Cities of the Future

Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon

From War Room to Living Room

Everyday Innovations from the Military

Every American an Innovator

How Innovation Became a Way of Life

Bio-Inspired Technologies for the Modern World

Emerging Trends and Applications

Trade in Ideas

Performance and Behavioral Properties of Markets in Patents

Station 12

SOE's Secret Weapons Centre

Penicillin Man

Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution

Success in Innovation

Improving the Odds by Understanding the Factors for Unsuccess

Edison vs. Tesla

The Battle over Their Last Invention

Frank Whittle (Icon Science)

The Invention of the Jet

Printer's Error

Irreverent Stories of Books History

Brilliant!

Shuji Nakamura And the Revolution in Lighting Technology

Best of Make: Volume 2

65 Projects and Skill Builders from the Pages of Make:

Tinkering

Kids Learn by Making Stuff

The Maker's Manual

A Practical Guide to the New Industrial Revolution

Laser That's Changing the World

The Amazing Stories behind Lidar, from 3D Mapping to Self-Driving Cars

Boston Made

From Revolution to Robotics, Innovations that Changed the World

Plato and the Nerd

The Creative Partnership of Humans and Technology

The Optimist's Telescope

Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

How Invention Begins

Echoes of Old Voices in the Rise of New Machines

The Man Behind the Microchip

Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

Einstein's Wife

The Real Story of Mileva Einstein-Maric

Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future

Tech Adjacent

The Exponential Guide to Leveraging Technology for Business Success

HumanCentric

Technology Fails Unless it Means Something to Someone

More Tinkering

How Kids in the Tropics Learn by Making Stuff

Explaining the Future

How to Research, Analyze, and Report on Emerging Technologies

One Hundred Patents That Shaped the Modern World

How Smart Machines Think

The MIT Press

Engineering Innovation and Design

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Innovation, Communication and Engineering (ICICE 2018), November 9-14, 2018, Hangzhou, China

Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context

Routledge Advances in Sociology

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Life and Inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky

Innovation

A Very Short Introduction

Science, Technology and Innovation in BRICS Countries

Dare to Invent the Future

Knowledge in the Service of and through Problem-Solving

The Einstein Effect

How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds

Fusion 360 for Makers

Design Your Own Digital Models for 3D Printing and CNC Fabrication

Revolutionary Technologies

Educational Perspectives of Technology History

Voices of Innovation

Fulfilling the Promise of Information Technology in Healthcare

Prior Art

Patents and the Nature of Invention in Architecture

How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon

The Story of the Nineteenth-Century Innovators Who Forged the Future

On the Brink of Utopia

Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems

Invention and Innovation

A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Three True Tales About Music and Technology

Rough Trade Edition : Book 18

From Chaos to Concept

A Team Oriented Approach to Designing World Class Products and Experiences

Nuts & Bolts

Strengthening Africa's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

Smart Cities and Innovative Urban Technologies

Nanomaterials and Neoplasms

Towards Clinical Applications

Patent Law and Women

Tackling Gender Bias in Knowledge Governance

Clock and the Camshaft

And Other Medieval Inventions We Still Can't Live Without

Tech Trends in Practice

The 25 Technologies that are Driving the 4th Industrial Revolution

Evasive Entrepreneurs and the Future of Governance

How Innovation Improves Economies and Governments

Beyond Bakelite

Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention

The History of the Computer

People, Inventions, and Technology that Changed Our World

French Inventions of the Eighteenth Century

Nabokov in Motion

Modernity and Movement

Democratization of Expertise

How Cognitive Systems Will Revolutionize Your Life

Progress on Pest Management in Field Vegetables

American Genesis

A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970

Disruption Amplified

Reset. Rewire. Reimagine Everything.

American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R &D

Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series

Theory of Interplanetary Flights

The Alchemy of Us

How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

When Tradition Turns Into Innovation

How Firms Can Create and Appropriate Value Through Tradition

Inventing a Better Mousetrap

200 Years of American History in the Amazing World of Patent Models

3D CAD with Autodesk 123D

Designing for 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and Personal Fabrication

Make: Easy 1 2 3 Projects

From the Pages of Make:

ReMaking History, Volume 2

Industrial Revolutionaries

ReMaking History, Volume 1

Early Makers

Make Fun!

Create Your Own Toys, Games, and Amusements

Prime Movers of Globalization

The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines

Make: Props and Costume Armor

Create Realistic Science Fiction & Fantasy Weapons, Armor, and Accessories

ReMaking History, Volume 3

Makers of the Modern World

Musical Inventions

DIY Instruments to Toot, Tap, Crank, Strum, Pluck, and Switch On

Places of Invention

Adventures from the Technology Underground

Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them

The Toothpick

Technology and Culture