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01843aam a2200349Mi 4500 001 E4707C929D7B11E58D49F99EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20151208010339 008 150717s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1444732587 (paperback) 020 $a 9781444732580 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)914451967 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d SINLB $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d JIM $d SILO 082 04 $a 609.2 $2 23 100 1 $a Norton, Trevor, $e author. 245 10 $a Imagination & a pile of junk: $b a droll history of inventors and inventions / $c Trevor Norton. 246 30 $a Droll history of inventors and inventions 246 14 $a Imagination & a pile of junk : $b a droll history of inventors and inventions 246 18 $a Imagination and a pile of junk 264 1 $a London : $b Coronet, $c 2015. 300 $a x, 438 pages ; $c 20 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-425) and index. 520 $a A celebration of the extraordinary people who created the modern world, spiced with anecdotes and wit. Trevor Norton, who has been compared to Gerard Durrell and Bill Bryson, weaves an entertaining history with a seductive mix of eureka moments, disasters and dirty tricks. Although inventors were often scientists or engineers, many were not: Samuel Morse (Morse code) was a painter, Lazlow Biro (ballpoint) was a sculptor and hypnotist, and Logie Baird (TV) sold boot polish. 650 0 $a Inventors $x History. 650 0 $a Eccentrics and eccentricities $x History. 650 7 $a Eccentrics and eccentricities. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901271 650 7 $a Inventors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00978052 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710031326.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4707C929D7B11E58D49F99EDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search