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H ughes. Thomas Edison. Pinfrssinnal Inrcnto, (London. IIMSO. 1976). iptei "Edison's M ethod in Inventing" in Dyer and Martin's Edison (2: "»96-628) is inform ed and considered, if not critical. G. P. " Harper s Sew Monthly Magazine 80 [1 8 89-90|: 425 -3 5 ) rehearses the familiar, but adds occasional helpful items as he tries to perceive how an inventor invents. M. A. " Ila ipci\ Magazine 165 (1932): 4 01-17) provides a scientist's appraisal which is not sentimental. it d H. " Synthesis I |I 9 7 2 |: 1-13) generalizes about the Edison m ethod from the case ol the alkaline battery.
P. Kelly and M. : San Francisco Press, 1978), pp. 168-82. 'T h e literatu re on th e n a tu re o f invention is volum inous, anti m uch o f it is w ritten by econom ic historians, sociologists, a n d h istorians o f technology. A m ong the m ost useful books a rc Ja co b S chm ookler, Invention and Economic Growth (C am b ridge. : H arv ard U niversity Press, 1966); S. C. G ilfillan. The Sociology o f Invention (C am bridge. T . Press. 1970); an d th e revised e d itio n ol A bbott P. U sh er. : H arv ard U niversity Press.
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