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How to Invent

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  • © 1977

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Authors:
  1. M. W. Thring

    1. Queen Mary College, UK

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  2. E. R. Laithwaite

    1. Imperial College of Science and Technology, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. What Is ‘Invention’ And Can It Be Taught?

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 1-12

  3. Some Historic Inventions and Inventors

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 13-30

  4. What Needs Inventing?

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 31-43

  5. The Art of the Inventor

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 44-67

  6. Physical Thinking

    • E. R. Laithwaite
    Pages 68-79

  7. Engineering and Nature Study

    • E. R. Laithwaite
    Pages 80-88

  8. Thinking with the Hands

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 89-103

  9. Teaching Invention

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 104-116

  10. Developing and Patenting an Invention

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 117-137

  11. Some of our Inventions

    • M. W. Thring
    Pages 138-166

  12. Epilogue

    • M. W. Thring, E. R. Laithwaite
    Pages 167-167

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 168-173
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Queen Mary College, UK

    M. W. Thring

  • Imperial College of Science and Technology, UK

    E. R. Laithwaite

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How to Invent

  • Authors: M. W. Thring, E. R. Laithwaite

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15753-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: M. W, Thring and E. R. Laithwaite 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-17794-5Published: 24 March 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-15753-2Published: 24 March 1977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 174

  • Topics: Engineering Design

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