Edison's Concrete Piano

Edison's Concrete Piano
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Publisher : ECW/ORIM
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9781554905515
ISBN-13 : 1554905516
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Book Synopsis Edison's Concrete Piano by : Judy Wearing

Download or read book Edison's Concrete Piano written by Judy Wearing and published by ECW/ORIM. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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