Inventions & Inventors
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai BirdCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER, WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF...
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Power Play: Elon Musk, Tesla, and the Bet of the Century
Tim HigginsCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car and the race to drive the future.Elon ...
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Watches: A Complete History of the Technical and Decorative Development of the Watch
Cecil CluttonCurrent price €94.82Original price €108.99The long-awaited reprint of an important illustrated reference work on the general history of the watch from 1500 to 1980. When Watches was first ...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William KamkwambaCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX When William Kamkwamb...
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Engineers: From the Great Pyramids to Spacecraft
Adam Hart-DavisCurrent price €30.88Original price €32.50Full of incredible tales of achievement and ingenuity, Engineers celebrates the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on ...
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Nabokov in Motion: Modernity and Movement
Professor Yuri LevingCurrent price €26.99Original price €29.99Adopting the modernist master Vladimir Nabokov as its guide, Nabokov in Motion: Modernity and Movement is an exploration of the radically changing ...
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Ingenious Patents (Revised): Bubble Wrap, Barbed Wire, Bionic Eyes, and Other Pioneering Inventions
Ben IkensonCurrent price €27.08Original price €28.50Discover some of the most innovative of the 6.5 million patents that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted since Thomas Jefferson issued...
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Nuts and Bolts: How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work
Roma AgrawalCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string ...
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The Pioneering Photographic Work of Hercule Florence
Boris KossoyCurrent price €139.39Original price €163.99This book delivers an in-depth analysis of Hercule Florence, who is virtually unknown despite being among the worlds photographic pioneers. Based o...
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Parliament, Inventions and Patents: A Research Guide and Bibliography
Phillip JohnsonCurrent price €49.39Original price €51.99This book is a research guide and bibliography of Parliamentary material, including the Old Scottish Parliament and the Old Irish Parliament, relat...
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The Pioneering Photographic Work of Hercule Florence
Boris KossoyCurrent price €42.49Original price €49.99This book delivers an in-depth analysis of Hercule Florence, who is virtually unknown despite being among the worlds photographic pioneers. Based o...
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Kays Incredible Inventions: A fascinating and fantastically funny guide to inventions that changed the world (and some that definitely didn''t)
Adam KayCurrent price €13.59Original price €15.99Do you ever wonder where the stuff around you all came from? No, not from eBay. I mean, who had the amazing idea of making a mobile phone or the an...
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Make: Volume 66
Mike SeneseCurrent price €11.89Original price €13.99We're excited to present our 2019 Make: Digital Fabrication Guide! This year we get our hands on maker-ready waterjet cutters with machines from Wa...
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Make: Volume 67
Mike SeneseCurrent price €11.89Original price €13.99There's one resource we just can't get enough of: Time. In this issue of Make: , we celebrate that most fascinating and finite resource. First, bui...
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Make Volume 68
Mike SeneseCurrent price €13.29Original price €13.99In this issue of Make: we break down the latest trends in the world of microcontrollers and single board computers with the latest from Arduino, G...
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Make - Maker Projects Guide
Mark FrauenfelderCurrent price €13.29Original price €13.99MAKE Magazine's annual Maker Faires have become the engine that drives the diverse and ever-expanding maker movement. At the heart of these events ...
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations that Made the Modern World
Steven JohnsonCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50From Steven Johnson, the bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From, comes How We Got to Now, the companion book to his six-part BBC One tele...
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Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism
Jillian C. YorkCurrent price €19.79Original price €21.99What is the impact of surveillance capitalism on our right to free speech? The Internet once promised to be a place of extraordinary freedom beyond...
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GB & USA The Mothers of Invention: Their contribution to the modern world
Keith ChamberlainCurrent price €18.99Original price €19.99Current price €18.99Original price €19.99Save 5% -
Two Men Went to Mow: The Obsession, Impact and History of Lawn Mowing
Clive GravettCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99A story of two excessive men, born 157 years apart, both obsessed with the lawn mower. Edwin Beard Budding 1796-1846 its ingenious inventor & ...
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From War Room to Living Room: Everyday Innovations from the Military
Scott DavidsonCurrent price €66.59Original price €73.99The military's focus on innovation and problem-solving has led to the creation of numerous items and technologies that have transcended the battlef...
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