| Record ID | marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part39.utf8:206349946:1243 |
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001 2012028740
003 DLC
005 20130607101613.0
008 120723s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012028740
020 $a9780465009237 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780465033454 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHD8039.T572$bU64 2013
082 00 $a609.2/273$223
100 1 $aFoege, Alec.
245 14 $aThe tinkerers :$bthe amateurs, DIYers, and inventors who make America great /$cAlec Foege.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2013.
300 $aviii, 216 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index.
505 0 $aWising up about a smartphone -- Tinkering at the birth of a nation and beyond -- Contemporary tinkerer finds his way -- Edison's folly reinvents tinkering for the modern age -- Myhrvold's magic tinkering factory -- When tinkering veers off course -- The tinkerer archetype is reborn -- PARC and the power of the group -- A trio of alternative tinkering approaches -- A different kind of school -- Concluding thoughts on tinkering.
650 0 $aTinkers$zUnited States.
650 0 $aInventors$zUnited States.