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Invention Books
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The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as invention)
avg rating 4.18 — 99,335 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as invention)
avg rating 4.12 — 447,923 ratings — published 2015
The Most Magnificent Thing (Most Magnificent, 1)
by (shelved 8 times as invention)
avg rating 4.28 — 8,925 ratings — published 2014
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as invention)
avg rating 4.12 — 40,017 ratings — published 2011
If I Built a Car (If I Built Series)
by (shelved 6 times as invention)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,290 ratings — published 2005
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as invention)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,367,850 ratings — published 2011
The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story about an Accidental Invention (Really!)
by (shelved 5 times as invention)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,085 ratings — published
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as invention)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,122 ratings — published 2014
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.24 — 11,918 ratings — published 2009
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,449 ratings — published 2023
The Crayon Man: the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,222 ratings — published 2019
The Last Days of Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.16 — 44,497 ratings — published 2016
The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring: The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.05 — 505 ratings — published 2016
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,380 ratings — published 2000
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.20 — 246 ratings — published 2015
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,431 ratings — published 2011
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,439 ratings — published 1995
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,517 ratings — published 2019
The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 330 ratings — published 2014
Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.38 — 260 ratings — published
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.21 — 24,329 ratings — published 1998
Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 603 ratings — published 2019
What Do You Do With an Idea? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.47 — 10,434 ratings — published 2014
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,288 ratings — published 2016
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.21 — 8,963 ratings — published 2012
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.22 — 190,113 ratings — published 2007
So You Want to Be an Inventor? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 3.98 — 270 ratings — published 2002
Invention: A Life (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,433 ratings — published
Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.31 — 410 ratings — published 2024
Beulah Has a Hunch!: Inside the Colorful Mind of Master Inventor Beulah Louise Henry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.42 — 91 ratings — published
Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.46 — 12,952 ratings — published 2013
Invented by Animals: Meet the creatures who inspired our everyday technology (Designed by Nature)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 121 ratings — published 2021
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure (Mouse Adventures)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,577 ratings — published 2018
Papa's Mechanical Fish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.92 — 988 ratings — published 2013
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,179 ratings — published 2018
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.46 — 17,401 ratings — published 1994
Sweet Dreams, Sarah: From Slavery to Inventor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.42 — 323 ratings — published 2019
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor (People Who Shaped Our World, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.25 — 618 ratings — published 2019
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.34 — 825 ratings — published 2018
Izzy Gizmo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.22 — 699 ratings — published 2017
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 936,691 ratings — published 1964
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,100 ratings — published 2016
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.99 — 99,010 ratings — published 2010
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,385 ratings — published 2010
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.08 — 32,818 ratings — published 2009
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,702 ratings — published 2008
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.22 — 425 ratings — published 2012
Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.19 — 802 ratings — published 2015
Fur, Fins, and Feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the Invention of the Modern Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.08 — 146 ratings — published 2015
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder (Doctor Proctor #1)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,685 ratings — published 2007
“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
― A Case of Identity - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― A Case of Identity - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination
they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of
them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.”
― The Art of War
There are not more than five primary colours, yet in combination
they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of
them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.”
― The Art of War
