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History & Philosophy

Forks, Phonographs, and Hot Air Balloons: A Field Guide to Inventive Thinking
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Science & Math

What Is Your Dangerous Idea? : Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
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Practical Formulas for Hobby or Profit
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The TAB Battery Book: An In-Depth Guide to Construction, Design, and Use
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Edison's Electric Light
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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the 19th Century (Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Discoveries through the Ages)
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Invention Mysteries (Invention Mysteries Series)
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Great Feuds in Technology: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
Great Feuds in Technology: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
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Why Has America Stopped Inventing?
Why Has America Stopped Inventing?
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Innovation: A Very Short Introduction
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100 Greatest Inventions of all Time: A Ranking Past and Present
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Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens
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The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices: How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives
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Frank Moss

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A Field Guide to Household Technology
A Field Guide to Household Technology
Ed Sobey

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Great Inventions: Geniuses, Gadgets and Gizmos: Innovations in Our Time
Great Inventions: Geniuses, Gadgets and Gizmos: Innovations in Our Time
Time-Life Books

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Ingenious Women: From Tincture of Saffron to Flying Machines
Ingenious Women: From Tincture of Saffron to Flying Machines
Deborah Jaffé

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Did Thomas Crapper Really Invent the Toilet?: The Inventions That Changed Our Homes and Our Lives
Did Thomas Crapper Really Invent the Toilet?: The Inventions That Changed Our Homes and Our Lives
Catherine O'Reilly

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Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement
Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement
John Baichtal

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The Everything Da Vinci Book: Explore the life and times of the Ultimate Renaissance Man (Everything Series)
The Everything Da Vinci Book: Explore the life and times of the Ultimate Renaissance Man (Everything Series)
Cynthia Phillips

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Spinoff, 2010: NASA Technologies Benefit Society
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Lisa Rademakers

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You Call This the Future?: The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised
You Call This the Future?: The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised
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Technology

National Geographic Concise History of Science and Invention: An Illustrated Time Line
National Geographic Concise History of Science and Invention: An Illustrated Time Line
National Geographic Society

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The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
Henry Petroski

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The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World
The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World
Steve Levine

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The Independent Inventor's Handbook: The Best Advice from Idea to Payoff
The Independent Inventor's Handbook: The Best Advice from Idea to Payoff
Louis Foreman

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Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Chris Anderson

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What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
What Would MacGyver Do?: True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life
Brendan Vaughan

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Accidental Inventions: The Chance Discoveries that Changed Our Lives
Accidental Inventions: The Chance Discoveries that Changed Our Lives
Birgit Krols

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Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America
Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America
Jason Fagone

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Compass
Compass
Alan Gurney

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The Patent Writer: How to Write Successful Patent Applications (Patents in Commerce)
The Patent Writer: How to Write Successful Patent Applications (Patents in Commerce)
Bob Dematteis

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The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature
The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature
Peter Forbes

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It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies
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Bill Fawcett

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Zero to Maker: Learn (Just Enough) to Make (Just About) Anything
Zero to Maker: Learn (Just Enough) to Make (Just About) Anything
David Lang

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James Dyson's History Of Great Inventions
James Dyson's History Of Great Inventions
James Dyson

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Chainsaws: A History
Chainsaws: A History
David Lee

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James May's Magnificent Machines: How Men in Sheds Have Changed Our Lives
James May's Magnificent Machines: How Men in Sheds Have Changed Our Lives
James May

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Where's My Jetpack?
Where's My Jetpack?
Daniel H. Wilson

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Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the World
Inventing the 20th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the World
Stephen van Dulken

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Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
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The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting
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The common theme among these books is inventions and innovation, with a focus on historical accounts, biographies, and collections of writings related to prominent inventors such as Nikola Tesla and Clarence Birdseye. There are also books that explore the impact of inventions on society and the intersection between design and technology. Additionally, there are guides for building spy gadgets and programming with microcontrollers.

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