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1	Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 3.99 avg rating — 78,288 ratings score: 793, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century by Robert Lomas (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 555 ratings score: 348, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 6,644 ratings score: 336, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill Wigginton (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Connections by James Burke 4.25 avg rating — 2,520 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Way Things Work by David Macaulay 4.36 avg rating — 2,837 ratings score: 253, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World by Simon Garfield 3.68 avg rating — 1,933 ratings score: 246, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.11 avg rating — 11,930 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo 4.23 avg rating — 28,462 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention by Barry Wittenstein (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,100 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	1001 Inventions That Changed the World by Jack Challoner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 409 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4.22 avg rating — 432 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO® Toys: An Entertaining History about the Creation of LEGO Toys. Educational and Entertaining. by Erin Hagar (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 116, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Wright Brothers by David McCullough 4.18 avg rating — 101,658 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	First Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers (DK Readers L4) by Leslie Garrett (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	African-American Inventions That Changed The World: Influential Inventors and Their Revolutionary Creations by Michael A. Carson (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll by Peter Guralnick 3.99 avg rating — 1,148 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention by Guy Deutscher 4.22 avg rating — 4,186 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Who Were the Wright Brothers? by James Buckley Jr. 4.24 avg rating — 956 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Art of Rube Goldberg: (A) Inventive (B) Cartoon (C) Genius by Jennifer George (Compiler) 4.11 avg rating — 98 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 59,032 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Who Was Nikola Tesla? by Jim Gigliotti 4.23 avg rating — 781 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	My Inventions and Other Writings by Nikola Tesla 3.93 avg rating — 873 ratings score: 98, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans by Bill Hammack (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 1,371 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,207 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Who Was Milton Hershey? by James Buckley Jr. 4.33 avg rating — 1,639 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough 3.95 avg rating — 20,938 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century by Charles King (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 2,505 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All by Ernö Rubik 3.68 avg rating — 598 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by Seb Falk 3.68 avg rating — 1,606 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Who Was Steve Jobs? by Pam Pollack 4.20 avg rating — 2,259 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow 4.01 avg rating — 174 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science by Dava Sobel 3.92 avg rating — 5,435 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Who Was Milton Bradley? by Kirsten Anderson 4.24 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer 3.59 avg rating — 229 ratings score: 95, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson 4.12 avg rating — 2,900 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Who Was Marie Curie? by Megan Stine 4.26 avg rating — 1,752 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History by Jamie Mackay 3.94 avg rating — 817 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Who Was Louis Braille? by Margaret Frith 4.15 avg rating — 628 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates by Robin Lane Fox 3.33 avg rating — 180 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Who Was Isaac Newton? by Janet B. Pascal 4.10 avg rating — 1,025 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	We Are All Targets: How Renegade Hackers Invented Cyber War and Unleashed an Age of Global Chaos by Matt Potter 3.86 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? by Bonnie Bader 4.15 avg rating — 648 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Who Was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Fradin 4.10 avg rating — 2,160 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gómez 4.17 avg rating — 1,015 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? by Margaret Frith 4.14 avg rating — 1,429 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia by Jeevan Vasagar 4.04 avg rating — 522 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Who Was Albert Einstein? by Jess M. Brallier 4.21 avg rating — 4,342 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies by Paul Fischer (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 707 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 9,600 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller by Alec Nevala-Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 333 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	100 Scientists Who Made History (DK 100 Things That Made History) by Andrea Mills 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 2,157 ratings score: 86, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood by Hilary A. Hallett 3.73 avg rating — 237 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Scientist, Scientist, Who Do You See?: A Rhyming Book about Famous Scientists for Kids by Chris Ferrie (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 198 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century by Dana Stevens 4.19 avg rating — 1,724 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 2,304 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Gun Barons: The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them by John Bainbridge Jr. 3.86 avg rating — 269 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Who Is Bill Gates? by Patricia Brennan Demuth 4.22 avg rating — 1,278 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead by Evan Turk 4.11 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	100 People Who Made History: Meet the People Who Shaped the Modern World (100 in History) by Ben Gilliland 4.03 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World by Matt Alt (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 3,531 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Oh, the Things They Invented!: All About Great Inventors by Bonnie Worth 3.97 avg rating — 115 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	12 Seconds Of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon by Jamie Holmes (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 572 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	1,000 Inventions & Discoveries by Roger Bridgman 4.20 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Plato's Alarm Clock: And Other Amazing Ancient Inventions by James M. Russell 3.55 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation by David Davis 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	How the Cookie Crumbled: The True (and Not-So-True) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie by Gilbert Ford 4.17 avg rating — 327 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution by David Schneider 3.79 avg rating — 490 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Incredible Inventions: Illustrated Poems Celebrating Imagination and Everyday Inventors for Kids (Ages 4-8) by Lee Bennett Hopkins 3.87 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Drive!: Henry Ford, George Selden, and the Race to Invent the Auto Age by Lawrence Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 259 ratings score: 77, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Invention of Tradition by Eric J. Hobsbawm (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 1,634 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Story of Kites: Amazing Chinese Inventions by Ying Chang Compestine (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization by Meredith Small (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Invention (DK Eyewitness Books) by Lionel Bender 4.07 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Story of Inventions by Anna Claybourne 4.30 avg rating — 221 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today – A Trailblazing Media History by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 1,184 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs by Meghan Mccarthy (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 631 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Elsie Clews Parsons: Inventing Modern Life (Volume 1997) (Women in Culture and Society) by Desley Deacon 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future by Jill Lepore 3.72 avg rating — 2,718 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Marvelous Mattie by Emily Arnold McCully 4.08 avg rating — 438 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Frank Zappa FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Father of Invention by John Corcelli (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention by Penny Worms 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature by Angus Fletcher (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 905 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: Inventions by Tony Robinson 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire by Brad Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 7,203 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Royal Society: And the Invention of Modern Science by Adrian Tinniswood 3.33 avg rating — 167 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindogu by Kenji Kawakami 3.85 avg rating — 163 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene by Lydia Pyne (Goodreads Author) 2.95 avg rating — 148 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	100 Inventions That Changed the World by The Editors of Popular Science 3.36 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men by Katrine Marçal 3.89 avg rating — 2,586 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Know It All Great Inventions: The 50 Greatest Inventions, Each Explained in Under a Minute by David Boyle 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution – A Groundbreaking Narrative of Galileo, Newton, and the Birth of Modernity by David Wootton 3.89 avg rating — 960 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 920 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention by William Rosen 3.93 avg rating — 1,402 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull 3.90 avg rating — 597 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention by Daniel L. Everett 3.46 avg rating — 1,062 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Inventors and Their Bright Ideas by Mike Goldsmith 4.05 avg rating — 237 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	52 Random Weekend Projects: For Budding Inventors and Backyard Builders by Grant Thompson "The King of Random" 4.18 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	100 Inventions That Made History by Tracey Turner 4.19 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars