Book description
In this book we talk to renowned inventors, patent experts, futurologists, academics and neuroscientists to get to the bottom of our inventive drive. Along the way we tell the stories of some of the most inventive men and women in history, explain how some of the everyday items we now take for granted came into existence – and explore how they actually work. And we dip into the wacky world of out-there patents (the spider ladder, anyone?) and the Japanese craze for Chindogu (creations which celebrate the often bizarre inventiveness of ordinary people). We rate the world’s most inventive countries, explore the great invention labs of history, investigate the odd occurrence of simultaneous invention, and offer some advice to budding inventors.
