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The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as invention)
avg rating 4.18 — 101,267 ratings — published 2015
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as invention)
avg rating 4.11 — 456,826 ratings — published 2015
The Most Magnificent Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as invention)
avg rating 4.28 — 9,121 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 — 40,573 ratings — published 2014
If I Built a Car (If I Built Series)
by (shelved 6 times as invention)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,331 ratings — published 2005
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as invention)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,393,276 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 — 1,099 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 — 2,146 ratings — published 2014
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as invention)
avg rating 3.99 — 78,114 ratings — published 1995
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.24 — 12,452 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 — 9,338 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 — 2,268 ratings — published 2019
The Last Days of Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.16 — 45,363 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 — 513 ratings — published 2016
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,397 ratings — published 2000
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as invention)
avg rating 4.20 — 248 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 — 13,471 ratings — published 2011
Invention: A Life (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,550 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 — 1,545 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 — 342 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 — 24,862 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 — 612 ratings — published 2019
What Do You Do With an Idea? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.47 — 10,578 ratings — published 2014
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,297 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 — 9,299 ratings — published 2012
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as invention)
avg rating 4.22 — 191,652 ratings — published 2007
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 4.30 — 456 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 — 13,098 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 — 125 ratings — published 2021
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure (Mouse Adventures)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,621 ratings — published 2018
Papa's Mechanical Fish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.92 — 994 ratings — published 2013
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,201 ratings — published 2018
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.46 — 18,558 ratings — published 1994
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 — 629 ratings — published 2019
Leonardo da Vinci (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 136,581 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 — 836 ratings — published 2018
Izzy Gizmo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.21 — 704 ratings — published 2017
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.17 — 952,933 ratings — published 1964
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,120 ratings — published 2016
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 3.99 — 100,263 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 — 1,401 ratings — published 2010
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as invention)
avg rating 4.07 — 33,563 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 — 4,855 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 — 807 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 — 145 ratings — published 2015
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos; the materials must, in the first place, be afforded: it can give form to dark, shapeless substances, but cannot bring into being the substance itself.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
