The most powerful idea in the world : a story of steam, industry, and invention / William Rosen.
"In The Most Powerful Idea in the World, William Rosen tells the story of the men responsible for the Industrial Revolution and the machine that drove it?the steam engine. In the process he tackles the question that has obsessed historians ever since: What made eighteenth-century Britain such fertile soil for inventors? Rosen?s answer focuses on a simple notion that had become enshrined in British law the century before: that people had the right to own and profit from their ideas" --Cover, p. 2.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400067053
- ISBN: 1400067057
- Physical Description: xxv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-353) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Rocket -- Changes in the atmosphere -- A great company of men -- The first and true inventor -- A very great quantity of heat -- Science in his hands -- The whole thing was arranged in my mind -- Master of them all -- A field that is endless -- Quite splendid with a file -- To give England the power of cotton -- Wealth of nations -- Strong steam -- The fuel of interest.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 909.81 ROS (Text) | 37810434829767 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
