| Flash of Genius: And Other True Stories of Invention Contributor(s): Seabrook, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312535724 ISBN-13: 9780312535728 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 Annotation: Based on a true story, "Flash of Genius" is the official tie-in to the feature film starring Greg Kinnear as an inventor who fought against the odds for what he believed in, and won. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Inventions - Technology & Engineering | History |
| Dewey: 609 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.4" W x 5.5" (1.10 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Seabrook, John: - John Seabrook began his magazine career at Manhattan Inc. and Vanity Fair and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1993. He is the author of Flash of Genius, Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace, and Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing, the Marketing of Culture. He lives in New York City. |