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Books
Behind the Scenes at Scrapheap Challenge by Robert Llewellyn (Channel 4 Books, 2001) £16.99
Packed with off-camera incident and fascinating insights for the Scrapheap enthusiast. Buy it from the Channel 4 shop.
Chambers Materials Science and Technology Dictionary edited by Peter Walker (Chambers, 1993) £14.99
Covers all kinds of materials, processes and properties.
The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2000 Years edited by John Brockman (Phoenix Press, March 2001) £7.99
More than 100 scientists make their nomination for the most important invention of the past 2000 years.
Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors Volume 1-4 by Franklin Day Jones, John A Newell, Holbrook L Horton (Industrial Press, 1967) $115
Mechanical devices, how they work, and how to use them.
Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz (McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1999) £29.99
A step-by-step approach requiring no background in electronics.
A Suspiciously Simple History of Science and Invention (Without the Boring Bits) by John Farman (Macmillan Children's Books, 1994) £4.99
A light-hearted but fascinating overview for the younger armchair inventor.
What the World Needs Now: A resource book for daydreamers, frustrated inventors, cranks, efficiency experts, utopians, gadgeteers, tinkerers and just about everybody else by Steven M Johnson (Ten Speed Press, March 2001) £10.99
A thought-provoking sideways look at the world of the inventor.
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