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"All made in America: the skyscraper and subway car. The telephone and telegraph. The safety elevator and safety pin. Plus the microprocessor, amusement park, MRI, supermarket. Pennsylvania rifle, and Tennessee Valley Authority. Not to mention the city of Chicago or jazz or that magnificent Golden Gate Bridge. What is it about America that makes it a nation of inventors, tinkerers, researchers, and adventurers--obsessive pursuers of the never-before-created?...
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A comprehensive overview and time line of human history. MacLeod and Wishinsky provide a one-stop source for all the great events, people, and inventions that changed history, from the discovery of fire to the revolutions in the Arab world that are making headlines today.
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Our view of the famous is one-dimensional-leading figures from history are summarized in history textbooks with one or two lines: Churchill the war-time genius, Gandhi the poor ascetic-but nobody is perfect and even the famous have their quirks and hidden secrets. How George Washington Fleeced the Nation reveals the often hilarious, sometimes shocking, and always highly informative foibles of the great and the good. Einstein, the most brilliant man...
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Extrait : "À proprement parler, le téléphone n'est qu'un instrument apte à transmettre les sons à distance, et l'idée de cette transmission est aussi ancienne que le monde. Les Grecs employaient des moyens susceptibles de la réaliser, et il n'est pas douteux que ces moyens n'aient été quelquefois mis à contribution dans les oracles du paganisme..."
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Et si le Nutella résultait en fait d'une mauvaise conservation du chocolat ?
Si beaucoup d'inventions ou de découvertes réalisées par l'Homme aboutirent, certaines sont dues à des tentatives échouées, des erreurs ou simplement le fruit de la sérendipité, et sont pourtant devenues extraordinaires ou utiles au quotidien !
Découvrez, entre autres,...
- l'histoire de cette tarte cuisinée par les sœurs Tatin, qui s'est renversée au moment...
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A comprehensive collection of fun facts about the origins of pretty much everything, from windows to washing machines to websites.
This fact-packed collection recounts the origins, invention, and discovery of just about everything, from the big bang to driverless cars. With sections covering topics such as the arts, sports, weapons, buildings, medicine, food, and many more, you can find out intriguing answers to questions like:
What material was...
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"I'm not going to attempt to regale you about the advantages of Artificial Intelligence. Nor will I guarantee your success, should you choose to follow the advice of the AI. I still have reservations about creating an entity that can think for itself. But I can confirm the level of Intelligence this software has is FAR OVER MY HEAD! I've had many interactions with Chat GPT and I can attest that it is like talking to a human being that is tapped into...
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Who needs this book? Only every writer, photographer, illustrator, designer, businessperson, musician, songwriter, filmmaker, teacher, researcher, advertiser, and Web designer in the United States.
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Permissions-they're enough to make anyone crazy. Thank heavens there's Fair Use, Free Use...
11) Brilliantly Bad
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A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, “Brilliantly Bad” is a salute to what the human mind can achieve — even if it probably shouldn't. This collection of the strangest ideas ever patented, ranging from the bizarre and baffling to the *oh so close* to genius, is a true celebration of human ingenuity in all its (occasionally) pointless glory. INVENTIONS INCLUDE: • A coat that doubles as a urinal • A musical condom...
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