text Mother of invention : how good ideas get ignored in an economy built for men
- Summary
- The wheel was invented some 5,000 years ago, and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn't until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer... Read more
- Contents
- In which we invent the wheel and, after 5,000 years, manage to attach it to a suitcase -- In which we start the car without breaking out jaw -- In which bras and girdles take us to the moon -- In which we learn the difference between horsepower an... Read more
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- Description
- 296 pages : 24 cm
- Publisher
- Abrams Press 2021
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 604.82 MAR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 604.82 MAR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 604.82 MAR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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