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Author: Allyn Freeman, Bob GoldenPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition Description: IllustratedISBN-10: 0471165115
Subject: Business & EconomicsISBN-13: 9780471165118
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Language: EnglishPublication Year: 1997
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Filled with wacky and fascinating facts, awe-inspiring success statistics, and rags-to-riches stories, Why Didn't I Think of That? chronicles the odd origins behind 50 famous inventions and reveals the business side of each product's actual production, marketing, and distribution. You'll discover how inventors from all walks of life struck it rich with unlikely contraptions that range from the practical (like Tampax(r) and Tupperware(r) ) to the curiously inane (like the Barbie(r) doll and Silly Putty(r) ).

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Filled with wacky and fascinating facts, awe-inspiring success statistics, and rags-to-riches stories, Why Didn't I Think of That? chronicles the odd origins behind 50 famous inventions and reveals the business side of each product's actual production, marketing, and distribution. You'll discover how inventors from all walks of life struck it rich with unlikely contraptions that range from the practical to the curiously inane.


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Why Didn't I Think of That: Bizarre Origins of Ingenious Inventions We Couldn't Live Without

Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0471165115
Title : Why Didn't I Think of That: Bizarre Origins of Ingenious Inventions We Couldn't Live Without
EAN : 9780471165118
Authors : Allyn Freeman, Bob Golden
Binding : Paperback
Publisher : Wiley
Publication Date : 1997-09-25
Pages : 256
List Price (MSRP) : 24.95
Height : 0.7100 inches
Width : 6.8900 inches
Length : 9.9200 inches
Weight : 0.9600 pounds
Keywords : All Amazon Upgrade, Business & Investing, Engineering, Professional & Technical, Reference, Science, General, General AAS, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, Patents & Inventions, History of Technology, General & Reference, Paperback, Printed Books
Condition : Good

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