Great Inventions that Changed the World
- Author
- J. Wei
- Year
- 2012
Great Inventions that Changed the World by James Wei tours major inventions from the stone axe to the computer and the internet, organised around the human needs, such as work, food, health, security and transportation, that drove their creation.
Great Inventions that Changed the World, by Professor James Wei, an engineer and educator who holds several patents of his own, was published by John Wiley & Sons in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 2012. The book tours major inventions and their inventors across history, from the stone axe to the computer and the internet. After an introductory chapter on the role of inventors and inventions in fuelling innovation and global advancement, it is organised around the human needs and desires that spur invention: work, food, clothing and housing, health and reproduction, security, transportation, information, and what the book calls the good life. Throughout, it considers not only the impact inventions have had on daily life but also the new problems they can create, from pollution to global warming to bioterrorism.
Credits: Wei, J. (2012). Great Inventions that Changed the World. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
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