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• Author(s): Steven J. Paley • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: InventionsIn this entertaining and insightful exploration of the process of invention, an experienced inventor vividly illustrates how great...

• Author(s): John W. Farrell • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: InventionsHighlights the importance of medieval innovations as the basis for later technological progressThis history of medieval inventions...

• Author(s): Bob Johnstone • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Science & TechnologyTo celebrate the awarding of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics to Shuji Nakamura (along with two other Japanese scientis...

• Author(s): Adrian Berry • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: GeneralWhat do the discovery of the coffee bean, the invention of the aqualung, the perception of the importance of the size of the moon, the c...

• Author(s): Henry J. Heimlich • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Medical - GeneralHere, in his own words, is the story of one of the twentieth century's most creative medical innovators, Dr. Henry Heimli...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Women's StudiesFrom the Back CoverIn this essay Mill assails a system of inequality that supports and encourages the subjection of one indi...