About this title: Profiles of the inventors of the computer mouse, the traffic light, colored cotton, and the assembly line, are among those included in this compendium of 20th-century American innovations. Through these colorful explanations the century takes shape.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The MIT Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780262025089ISBN:0262025086
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780262025089ISBN:0262025086
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. May have slight shelf wear and remainder marks. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 221 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Profiles thirty-five inventors who exemplify the rich technological creativity of the United States over the past century. The range of their contributions is broad. They have helped transform our homes, our healthcare, our work, our environment, and the way we travel and communicate. The inventors profiled include such ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780262523493ISBN:0262523493
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice unread paperback! Pages are clean and unmarked. Spine is uncreased. Light edge wear. Small marker marks on edge. Securely packed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 221 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780262025089ISBN:0262025086
Description: 0262025086. Square quarto hardcover, unworn and FINE, internally unblemished, in FINE dustjackekt. Lists prominent inventors whose products grace store shelves or drive down the street. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780262523493ISBN:0262523493
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice unread paperback! Pages are clean and unmarked. Spine is uncreased. Light edge wear. Small marker marks on edge. Securely packed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 221 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mit Pr
Date Published: 2003-04-01
ISBN-13:9780262523493ISBN:0262523493
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The MIT Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780262523493ISBN:0262523493
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Description: Brown, David E. w/foreword by Lester C. Thurow & intros by James Burke., The MIT Press, nd, c2002, 1st Edition, cloth, fine w/dj, 209 pp w/index & sources for further reading, B & W/color photographic & other illus., 4to, "From the Microwave to the Mouse" read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780262025089ISBN:0262025086
Description: Photos Throughout. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. COFFEE TABLE SIZE. White, clean, crisp and bright 1st Edition, 1st Printing. About Like New. A very SHARP copy! All of our books are hand selected and are as described. Mylar protective sleeves are available. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Mit Pr, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780262025089ISBN:0262025086
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition. NF/NF. Hardcover, maroon cloth with gilt titles, DJ, 210 pp, color illustrations, quarto, very light edgewear with tiny spot to cloth, otherwise a beautiful, clean and crisp copy. read more
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