The Creative Engineer : The Art of Inventing

Kock, Winston E

ISBN 10: 0306309874 / ISBN 13: 9780306309878

Published by Plenum Press, New York & London, 1978

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New York & London: Plenum Press, 1978. Fine condition in Very Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped ($25.00). A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. The author holds 235 U. S. and foreign patents, primarily in acoustics, electronics, and optics. This, his sixth book, contains a preface and 12 major sections as follows: 1) Stimulating One's Own Creativity; 2) The Transistor; 3) Electronic Music; 4) Lasers; 5) Traits; 6) Waveguides; 7) Lenses; 8) Communications Satellites; 9) Why Invent; 10) Radar; 11) Holography; 12) Picturephone. Peroration. Appendix. Index. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, figures, and photographs. Bound in the original red boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xiv, 385pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Creative Engineer : The Art of Inventing
• Publisher: Plenum Press, New York & London
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306309874
• ISBN 13: 9780306309878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Near Fine dust jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science / Technology / Computers

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Synopsis

The economic growth and strength of a nation are directly related to the ability of its people to make discoveries and their ability to transform these discoveries into useful products. Ninety percent of the increase in output per capita in the United States from 1909 to 1949 has been held to be attributable to technological advances. In this book, we examine the ways in which a number of important new technologies came into being and review the characteristic traits of inventors who create new technologies. Ways are suggested that could enable young and old alike to become more creative, and the various benefits they can thereby reap are also discussed. A high level of creativity is an important asset for a nation, and therefore a knowledge of ways to increase inventiveness can be of great value. University of Cincinnati President Warren Bennis has noted that "creativity is something most of us seem to lose, or let atrophy, as we leave childhood."· To "rediscover it," he continues, "we must find ways of re-creating our sense of wondering why, of heightening, even altering, our consciousness." Thus the earlier in life one seeks to enhance his creativity, the more successful the results are likely to be.