The 100 most influential inventors of all time [Book] /
edited by Robert Curley.
- 1st ed.
- New York, NY : Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, c2010.
- 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- The Britannica guide to the world's most influential people .
If necessity is indeed the mother of invention, then the individuals profiled in this volume should be considered the most laudable of all midwives. They each saw a need and met it. Readers will learn more about the lives and methodologies of well-known inventors such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison, and become familiar with several more whose creations have sometimes outstripped their personal fame.