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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2010-06-01
- Pages
- 370
- ISBN
- 9781400067053
- Book Title
- Most Powerful Idea in the World : a Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- Inventions, Economic Conditions, Modern / 19th Century, Modern / General, History
- Item Width
- 6.6in
- Item Weight
- 24.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Product Information
If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted march of progress. 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. The result was a period of frantic innovation revolving particularly around the promise of steam power. Rosen traces the steam engine s history from its early days as a clumsy but sturdy machine, to its coming-of-age driving the wheels of mills and factories, to its maturity as a transporter for people and freight by rail and by sea. Along the way we enter the minds of such inventors as Thomas Newcomen and James Watt, scientists including Robert Boyle and Joseph Black, and philosophers John Locke and Adam Smith all of whose insights, tenacity, and ideas transformed first a nation and then the world. William Rosen is a masterly storyteller with a keen eye for the aha moments of invention and a gift for clear and entertaining explanations of science. The Most Powerful Idea in the World will appeal to readers fascinated with history, science, and the hows and whys of innovation itself."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400067057
ISBN-13
9781400067053
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79641864
Product Key Features
Book Title
Most Powerful Idea in the World : a Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Inventions, Economic Conditions, Modern / 19th Century, Modern / General, History
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.6in
Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tj46.R67 2010
Publication Date
2010-06-01
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-041662
Dewey Decimal
909.81
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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The book arrived in a plastic envelope with not protection and unfortunately it looked like the book was damaged in transit because of it. The items original ETA was April 18th but arrived on April 22nd. I requested a refund after seeing the quality of the book and the seller responded with a full refund and an apology for the quality. I really appreciated the customer service but was sad to see the book not in the quality described.
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My sincere apologies, the item was not what I expected, (to NO FAULT of the SELLER at all.) It came in good condition however, I must’ve of misunderstood the description, I thought the names would be transliterated into English, but it's in Hebrew. I thought it would give the Hebrew meaning to the name/ places. Also I noticed that the dust jacket was different than the advertised photo. If I may, I'd like to request a refund please and continue my search... Kind regards.
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