Mother of invention : how good ideas get ignored in an economy built for men / Katrine Marçal ; tra...
Mother of invention : how good ideas get ignored in an economy built for men / Katrine Marçal ; tra...
Mother of invention : how good ideas get ignored in an economy built for men / Katrine Marçal ; translated by Alex Fleming.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Abrams Press, [2021]
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G 2021/2083
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Language
English
Swedish
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Physical content
296 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
In which we invent the wheel and, after 5,000 years, manage to attach it to a suitcase -- In which we start the car without breaking our jaw -- In which bras and girdles take us to the moon -- In which we learn the difference between horsepower and girl power -- In which a great invention is made in...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Abrams Press, [2021]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
The wheel was invented some 5,000 years ago, and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn't until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer is both shocking and simple: because "real men" carried their bags, no matter how heavy. There were r...
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Full title
Mother of invention : how good ideas get ignored in an economy built for men / Katrine Marçal ; translated by Alex Fleming.
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Translation of Att uppfinna världen from the Swedish.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296).
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Translated from the Swedish.
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©2021
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G 2021/2083
Record Identifier
74VKaLDRNxwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaLDRNxwX
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ISBN
1419758047
9781419758041
DDC
604.82
MMS ID
991024425913202626
