{"product_id":"the-most-powerful-idea-in-the-world-a-story-of-steam-industry-and-invention-9780226726342","title":"The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardly a week passes without some high-profile court case that features intellectual property at its center. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut how did the belief that one could own an idea come about? And how did that belief change the way humankind lives and works?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rosen, author of \u003ci\u003eJustinian's Flea\u003c\/i\u003e, seeks to answer these questions and more with \u003ci\u003eThe Most Powerful Idea in the World\u003c\/i\u003e. A lively and passionate study of the engineering and scientific breakthroughs that led to the steam engine, this book argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution: history's first sustained era of economic improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo do so, Rosen conjures up an eccentric cast of characters, including the legal philosophers who enabled most of the inventive society in millennia, and the scientists and inventors--Thomas Newcomen, Robert Boyle, and James Watt--who helped to create and perfect the steam engine over the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith wit and wide-ranging curiosity, Rosen explores the power of creativity, capital, and collaboration in the brilliant engineering of the steam engine and how this power source, which fueled factories, ships, and railroads, changed human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply informative and never dull, Rosen's account of one of the most important inventions made by humans is a rollicking ride through history, with careful scholarship and fast-paced prose in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226726342\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Rosen \u003c\/b\u003espent nearly twenty-five years as editor or publisher at Macmillan, Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, and the Free Press before beginning to research and write his own books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39822028308595,"sku":"9780226726342","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4aa8fed9-b4cb-4fd4-822a-ebc490fa7530.jpg?v=1644519563","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-most-powerful-idea-in-the-world-a-story-of-steam-industry-and-invention-9780226726342","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}