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The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as invention)
avg rating 4.18 — 102,356 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as invention)
avg rating 4.11 — 460,356 ratings — published 2015
The Most Magnificent Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as invention)
avg rating 4.28 — 9,153 ratings — published 2014
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as invention)
avg rating 4.12 — 40,763 ratings — published 2014
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as invention)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,399,134 ratings — published 2011
If I Built a Car (If I Built Series)
by (shelved 6 times as invention)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,340 ratings — published 2005
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as invention)
avg rating 3.99 — 78,548 ratings — published 1995
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 — 1,100 ratings — published
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel: An Illustrated Biography about the Engineer Who Invented the Ferris Wheel for Kids (Ages 4-7)
by (shelved 5 times as invention)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,150 ratings — published 2014
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,561 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 4.18 — 9,500 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 — 2,293 ratings — published 2019
The Last Days of Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.16 — 45,578 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 4.06 — 517 ratings — published 2016
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women ― A Book on Women Inventors, for Kids (Ages 8-12)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,402 ratings — published 2000
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.20 — 249 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 — 13,520 ratings — published 2011
Invention: A Life (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,569 ratings — published
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando (A Mouth-Watering Picture Book Biography About the Invention of Instant Ramen for Kids Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,551 ratings — published 2019
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.46 — 18,841 ratings — published 1994
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 — 344 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 — 261 ratings — published
Rocket Boys (Coalwood #1)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.21 — 25,042 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 — 615 ratings — published 2019
What Do You Do With an Idea? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.47 — 10,605 ratings — published 2014
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.07 — 33,744 ratings — published 2009
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,323 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 — 9,361 ratings — published 2012
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.22 — 191,969 ratings — published 2007
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 3.88 — 962 ratings — published 1994
So You Want to Be an Inventor? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 3.97 — 271 ratings — published 2002
Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.29 — 462 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 4.40 — 94 ratings — published
Rosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers (Picture Books) #2)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.46 — 13,137 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 4.16 — 127 ratings — published 2021
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure (Mouse Adventures)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,631 ratings — published 2018
Papa's Mechanical Fish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.92 — 996 ratings — published 2013
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,207 ratings — published 2018
Sweet Dreams, Sarah: From Slavery to Inventor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.43 — 324 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 — 630 ratings — published 2019
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 139,322 ratings — published 2017
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.33 — 837 ratings — published 2018
Izzy Gizmo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.22 — 706 ratings — published 2017
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 956,453 ratings — published 1964
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,142 ratings — published 2016
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.99 — 100,565 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 — 1,405 ratings — published 2010
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 — 4,891 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 — 432 ratings — published 2012
Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.19 — 806 ratings — published 2015
“Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain-machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization.”
― The Lost Princess of Oz
― The Lost Princess of Oz
“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”
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