Emulation and Invention

by Brooke Hindle

186 pages, Paperback

First published March 6, 1985

About the author

Brooke Hindle was a Philadelphia native who attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before graduating from Brown University in 1940. After service in the United States Navy during World War II, he earned a doctorate in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1949 and briefly worked for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, before moving to New York University, where over the course of his 24 years there he served as a professor, dean of the College at University Heights and head of the university's History Department. Hindle also served as director of what is now the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History from 1974 to 1978.

Reviews

[Tom Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This deceptive little book uses two historical inventions: the steam boat and the telegraph, as examples of the use of scientific visualization and right-brain thinking to create unique and complex inventions. A fascinating and surprisingly readable book that I highly recommend.