An edition of Dayton's children
(2015)
Dayton's children
the unlikely gang who brought us aviation, 'the Cash' and the keys to the road ahead
by Mark Martel, Bernstein, Mark, Kate Hagenbuch Martel, Lauren Heaton, Charles O. Adams, and John Janning
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Dayton's children: the unlikely gang who brought us aviation, 'the Cash' and the keys to the road ahead
2015, [publisher not identified]
in English
1499175582 9781499175585
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Table of Contents
Introduction --
Prologue --
The progressive : John Patterson rang up success with the incorruptible cashier --
The legend : Wilbur Wright : why Wilbur mattered --
The quiet one : Orville Wright, the invisible flyer ; the brothers of invention --
The organizer : Mr. Deeds goes to town ; innovation methods of Edward Deeds --
The survivor : Charlie Adams : living Dayton history --
The idealist : Arthur Morgan : a mover of earth, a pourer of concrete, a shaper of minds --
The boss : Charless Kettering : a self-starter who gave us the self-starter --
The infamous : how Thomas Midgley, Jr. gave cars zoom, fixed the A/C, saved countless lives, helped win the war and almost doomed us all --
The outsider : Maude Elsa Gardner : aeronautical engineer through two world wars ; Gardner's innovation style --
The family tree : The Siebenthaler family : cultivating success across six generations ; Siebenthaler secrets to longevity and innovation --
Intermission : the Engineers Club story --
The jinx : the origin of Murphy's Law : how a safety backfire protects us daily --
The high stepper : Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter : selling the sky --
The bootstrapper : Veal V. Loving : "Loving's love" ; Loving's innovation techniques --
The calling : Rich Johnson : filling far-off hearts and minds through distance learning --
The renewer : Mary Ann Johnson : launching an economic future on aviation history --
The standard-bearer : Hardly Trolander --
The mentor : Chuck Buchanan : the engineer's engineer --
The rebel : John Janning : in the blink of an eye ; Janning's innovation strategies --
The forebear : Josiah Wedgwood & the industrial revolution --
The enigma : Joe Desch : tinker hacker soldier spy --
Epilog --
Contributors --
Acknowledgments --
Bibliography --
Index.
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