Edison's Concrete Piano (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Judy Wearing | knygos.lt

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Not even geniuses get it right the first time . . . An "entertaining" look at the failures of great inventors (Booklist).

To achieve great things, you have to be willing to take risks--and as Edison's Concrete Piano reveals, some of the most famous names in history experienced plenty of flops and face-plants in the course of their careers. Thomas Edison, for example, not only revolutionized the world with the light bulb, but also designed a concrete piano, a nonoperational helicopter made from box kites and piano wire, and a machine to speak to the dead. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, actually devoted most of his time to his sheep farm in Nova Scotia--devising a multi-nippled sheep somewhere along the way. You'll also read about Leonardo da Vinci's walk-on-water shoes, George Washington Carver's miracle peanut cure, and much more. The ludicrous ideas, faulty designs, and offbeat hobbies in this volume will inspire laughs--and serve as a reminder that even the very best minds make mistakes.

"Captivating . . . This book is full of lessons for inventors and non-inventors alike." --Henry Petroski, author of Success through Failure