The Invention Of Failure
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Born Losers
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Author : Scott A. Sandage
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2006-04-30
Born Losers written by Scott A. Sandage and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-30 with History categories.
What makes somebody a Loser, a person doomed to unfulfilled dreams and humiliation? Nobody is born to lose, and yet failure embodies our worst fears. The Loser is our national bogeyman, and his history over the past two hundred years reveals the dark side of success, how economic striving reshaped the self and soul of America. From colonial days to the Columbine tragedy, Scott Sandage explores how failure evolved from a business loss into a personality deficit, from a career setback to a gauge of our self-worth. From hundreds of private diaries, family letters, business records, and even early credit reports, Sandage reconstructs the dramas of real-life Willy Lomans. He unearths their confessions and denials, foolish hopes and lost faith, sticking places and changing times. Dreamers, suckers, and nobodies come to life in the major scenes of American history, like the Civil War and the approach of big business, showing how the national quest for success remade the individual ordeal of failure. Born Losers is a pioneering work of American cultural history, which connects everyday attitudes and anxieties about failure to lofty ideals of individualism and salesmanship of self. Sandage's storytelling will resonate with all of us as it brings to life forgotten men and women who wrestled with The Loser--the label and the experience--in the days when American capitalism was building a nation of winners.
Great Invention Fails
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Author : Barbara Krasner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Great Invention Fails written by Barbara Krasner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Inventions categories.
"We hear about great invention wins, but how often do we hear about the failures? This book explores some of the biggest invention failures ever and how some of those actually led to cool creations!"--
Thomas Edison Success And Innovation Through Failure
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Author : Ian Wills
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-01
Thomas Edison Success And Innovation Through Failure written by Ian Wills and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
This book develops a systematic approach to the role of failure in innovation, using the laboratory notebooks of America's most successful inventor, Thomas Edison. It argues that Edison's active pursuit of failure and innovative uses of failure as a tool were crucial to his success. From this the author argues that not only should we expect innovations to fail but that there are good reasons to want them to fail. Using Edison's laboratory notebooks, written as he worked and before he knew the outcome we see the many false starts, wrong directions and failures that he worked through on his way to producing revolutionary inventions. While Edison's strengths in exploiting failure made him the icon of American inventors, they could also be liabilities when he moved from one field to another. Not only is this book of value to readers with an interest in the history of technology and American invention, its insights are important to those who seek to innovate and to those who employ and finance them.
Invention
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Author : James Dyson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-09-02
Invention written by James Dyson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Dyson has become a byword for high performing products, technology, design and invention. Now, James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life. Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In devoting all his resources to iteratively developing the technology, he risked it all, but out ofmany failures and setbacks came hard-fought success. His products - including vacuum cleaners, hair dryers and hair stylers, and fans and purifiers - are not only revolutionary technologies, but design classics. This was a legacy of his time studying at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, when he was inspired by some of the most famous artists, designers and inventors of the era, as well as his engineering heroes such as Frank Whittle and Alec Issigonis. In Invention: A Life, Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most inventive technology companies in the world. It is a compelling and dramatic tale, with many obstacles overcome. Dyson has always looked to the future, even setting up his own university to help provide the next generation of engineers and designers. For, as he says, 'everything changes all the time, so experience is of little use'. Whether you are someone who has an idea for a better product, an aspiring entrepreneur, whether you appreciate great design or a page-turning read, Invention: A Life offers you inspiration, hope and much more.
Invention And Innovation
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Author : Vaclav Smil
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2023-02-14
Invention And Innovation written by Vaclav Smil and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-14 with Technology & Engineering categories.
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts. The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises that accompany everything from new cures for diseases to AI. He reminds us that even after we go quite far along the invention-development-application trajectory, we may never get anything real to deploy. Or worse, even after we have succeeded by introducing an invention, its future may be marked by underperformance, disappointment, demise, or outright harm. Drawing on his vast breadth of scientific and historical knowledge, Smil explains the difference between invention and innovation. He then looks at three different types of inventions. Inventions that failed to dominate as promised: Airships Nuclear fission Supersonic flight Inventions that turned disastrous: Leaded gasoline DDT Chlorofluorocarbons Inventions we have long been promised (and that would be highly beneficial): Travel in vacuum (hyperloop) Nitrogen-fixing cereals Nuclear fusion Finally, he offers a “wish list” of inventions that we most urgently need to confront the staggering challenges of the twenty-first century. Filled with engaging examples and pragmatic approaches, this book is a sobering account of the folly that so often attends human ingenuity—and how we can, and must, better align our expectations with reality.
Success Through Failure
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Author : Henry Petroski
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-29
Success Through Failure written by Henry Petroski and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-29 with Nature categories.
Examines many of the failed designs and inventions that led to greater improvements siting as examples the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the space shuttle disasters.
Born Losers
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Author : Scott A. Sandage
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2006-04-30
Born Losers written by Scott A. Sandage and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-30 with History categories.
What makes somebody a Loser, a person doomed to unfulfilled dreams and humiliation? Nobody is born to lose, and yet failure embodies our worst fears. The Loser is our national bogeyman, and his history over the past two hundred years reveals the dark side of success, how economic striving reshaped the self and soul of America. From colonial days to the Columbine tragedy, Scott Sandage explores how failure evolved from a business loss into a personality deficit, from a career setback to a gauge of our self-worth. From hundreds of private diaries, family letters, business records, and even early credit reports, Sandage reconstructs the dramas of real-life Willy Lomans. He unearths their confessions and denials, foolish hopes and lost faith, sticking places and changing times. Dreamers, suckers, and nobodies come to life in the major scenes of American history, like the Civil War and the approach of big business, showing how the national quest for success remade the individual ordeal of failure. Born Losers is a pioneering work of American cultural history, which connects everyday attitudes and anxieties about failure to lofty ideals of individualism and salesmanship of self. Sandage's storytelling will resonate with all of us as it brings to life forgotten men and women who wrestled with The Loser--the label and the experience--in the days when American capitalism was building a nation of winners.
Technology Feats Failures
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Author : Stephanie Paris
language : en
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Release Date : 2012-09-01
Technology Feats Failures written by Stephanie Paris and has been published by Teacher Created Materials this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Introduces some of the most successful inventions of all time, including frozen food, the telephone, combustion engines, and antibiotics, and also notes famous invention failures in technological history.
Beyond Failure
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Author : Tony Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-09
Beyond Failure written by Tony Fisher and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-09 with Performing Arts categories.
In setting foot on stage, every performer risks the possiblity of failure. Indeed, the very performance of any human action is inextricable from its potential not to succeed. This inherent potential has become a key critical trope in contemporary theatre, performance studies, and scholarship around visual cultures. Beyond Failure explores what it means for our understanding not just of theatrical practice but of human social and cultural activity more broadly. The essays in this volume tackle contemporary debates around the theory and poetics of failure, suggesting that in the absence of success can be found a defiance and hopefulness that points to new ways of knowing and being in the world. Beyond Failure offers a unique and engaging approach for students and practitioners interested not only in the impact of failure on the stage, but what it means for wider social and cultural debates.
The Invention Of Failure
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Author : Rusty Rhodes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The Invention Of Failure written by Rusty Rhodes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Religion categories.
You've had faith. You've had that “positive mental attitude.” You've had a strong work ethic. Yet you are no closer to your goal than when you began. What is it that you lack?This book is about a true definition of biblical faith, and when you accept it, you will discover that “success” is an inadequate word to describe your accomplishments. You'll arrive at a place where your earthly success will be revealed and greater Heavenly success made possible.This book is also for those who have “succeeded,” yet their success has brought only emptiness and disappointment and sometimes even sin and shame. For you, success hasn't been all that was advertised. I believe God has something for you as well, a truth that brings with it earthly contentment, abundant joy, and a Heavenly reward. Let me warn you: this book is not about political correctness; it's about biblical correctness. It will offend some. But it will be well worth your pressing on to the final pages.This is written to encourage you, build your faith, and give you substantive truth to pursue your purpose with passion. It's written to liberate you so that you have the freedom to commit yourself to your God-given talent and make success an inadequate word to describe your accomplishments. Read this and discover just how successful your future will be!