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The Most Powerful Idea In The World: A Story Of Steam, Industry, And Invent...

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Book Title: Most Powerful Idea in the World : a Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention

Number of Pages: 376 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 2012

Topic: Intellectual Property / General, Creative Ability, Europe / Great Britain / General, Modern / General, History, Industrial Technology

Item Height: 1 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Law, Technology & Engineering, Science, Psychology, History

Item Weight: 19.1 Oz

Author: William Rosen

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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