Build a Better Mousetrap: Make Classic Inventions, Discover Your Problem-Solving Genius, and Take the Inventor's ChallengeISBN: 978-0-471-39538-6
Paperback
128 pages
August 2002
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Inventions That Use Light.
1. Spectacles.
2. Kaleidoscope.
3. Phenakistiscope.
4. Periscope.
Part II: Inventions That Move Through Air and Water.
5. Hulled Sailboat.
6. Parachute.
7. Liquid-Fueled Rocket.
8. Hovercraft.
9. Aerobie.
Part III: Inventions of Bridges and Dams.
10. Suspension Bridge.
11. Arch Dam.
Part IV: Inventions That Use Sound.
12. Stethoscope.
13. Kazoo.
14. Bottle Organ.
Part V: Inventions for Heating and Cooling.
15. Solar Water Heater.
16. Desert Refrigerator.
Part VI: Miscellaneous Inventions.
17. Water Clock.
18. Scytale.
19. Gimbal.
20. Pendulum Seismograph.
21. Portable Solar Distiller.
22. Mousetrap.
Glossary.
Index.
Introduction.
Part I: Inventions That Use Light.
1. Spectacles.
2. Kaleidoscope.
3. Phenakistiscope.
4. Periscope.
Part II: Inventions That Move Through Air and Water.
5. Hulled Sailboat.
6. Parachute.
7. Liquid-Fueled Rocket.
8. Hovercraft.
9. Aerobie.
Part III: Inventions of Bridges and Dams.
10. Suspension Bridge.
11. Arch Dam.
Part IV: Inventions That Use Sound.
12. Stethoscope.
13. Kazoo.
14. Bottle Organ.
Part V: Inventions for Heating and Cooling.
15. Solar Water Heater.
16. Desert Refrigerator.
Part VI: Miscellaneous Inventions.
17. Water Clock.
18. Scytale.
19. Gimbal.
20. Pendulum Seismograph.
21. Portable Solar Distiller.
22. Mousetrap.
Glossary.
Index.