Inventors and Imposters: How History Forgot the True Heroes of Invention and Discovery

Description

Who discovered America?
Who invented the lightbulb?
Who unravelled the secret of DNA?

If you thought the answers to these questions were Christopher Columbus, Thomas Edison and Crick Watson, you may want to think again...
Crossing time and continents, this page-turning book considers the case for other equally heroic, but largely forgotten, pioneers. Looking beyond popular perception and the accepted version of events, Inventors and Imposters uncovers long-lost dreams, dramas and dilemmas, exploring why particular individuals 'won the prize' while others were consigned to the shadows of history.

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General Fields

• ISBN : 9781905879076
• Publisher : Crimson Publishing
• Imprint : Articulate Press
• Publication date : October 2008
• Dimensions : 216mm X 138mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Pages : 212
• Dewey classification : 609.22
• Bind : Hardback
• Author : Daniel Diehl