{"product_id":"edisons-concrete-piano-judy-wearing-9781550228632","title":"Edison's Concrete Piano: Flying Tanks, Six-Nippled Sheep, Walk-On-Water Shoes, and 12 Other Flops from Great Inventors","description":"\u003cb\u003eNot even geniuses get it right the first time . . . An \"entertaining\" look at the failures of great inventors (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Alexander Graham Bell's multi-nippled sheep to Leonardo da Vinci's walk-on-water shoes, these ludicrous ideas and faulty designs will leave you with a smile on your face, and the reminder that even the very best of us make mistakes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo achieve great things, you have to be willing to take risks -- and as\u003ci\u003e Edison's Concrete Piano\u003c\/i\u003e reveals, some of the most famous names in history experienced plenty of flops and face-plants in the course of their careers. Thomas Edison, for example, not only revolutionized the world with the light bulb, but also designed a concrete piano, a nonoperational helicopter made from box kites and piano wire, and a machine to speak to the dead. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, actually devoted most of his time to his sheep farm in Nova Scotia -- devising a multi-nippled sheep somewhere along the way. You'll also read about Leonardo da Vinci's walk-on-water shoes, George Washington Carver's miracle peanut cure, and much more. The ludicrous ideas, faulty designs, and offbeat hobbies in this volume will inspire laughs -- and serve as a reminder that even the very best minds make mistakes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judy Wearing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1550228633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550228632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.50w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2009 pg. 5","brand":"Judy Wearing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135376605439,"sku":"9781550228632","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f7ad8f1-96f2-4ef3-a360-50911e4d5b2b.jpg?v=1755009964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edisons-concrete-piano-judy-wearing-9781550228632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}