Flash of Genius : And Other True Stories of Invention. John Seabrook
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Author: John Seabrook
Page Count: 356 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2008
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Type: Pdf
ISBN: 9780312535728
Download Link: Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention
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"Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention" by John Seabrook, staff writer for "The New Yorker," is a collection of true stories about where great ideas come from, and is the basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Greg Kinnear releasing October 2008."John Seabrook is one of America's finest non-fiction writers .Fascinating, entertaining, beautifully written and often poignant " Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation"Where Do Great Ideas Come From?In "Flash of Genius," John Seabrook explores the moment when inspiration strikes in an otherwise average life, and what happens when that idea moves out into the larger culture and takes on a life and commercial possibilities of its own. The title piece in this collection is the David v. Goliath story of Bob Kearns, a professor and inventor who came up with something we all use every chance we get: the intermittent windshield wiper. When Kearns' patents were infringed, he fought General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, and eventually prevailed in a classic American story of never giving up, never backing down. Seabrook has been fascinated by stories of invention and entrepreneurship since childhood, when he grew up with an uncle who invented something as ubiquitous as Bob Kearns' wipers: boil-in-bag vegetables. In "Flash of Genius," Seabrook also writes about his family's invention and about thirteen other iconoclastic visions that turned into the stuff of every day."
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