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Fire of Genius: Inventors of the Past Century
by Ernest V. Heyn

New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1976

Read the cover notes
Chapter 1 - "... Fire of Genius ..."
Chapter 2 - They Invented Tremendous Trifles
Chapter 3 - Alexander Graham Bell -- The Man Who Always Wondered
Chapter 4 - Kodak and Polaroid -- From Eastman to Land
Chapter 5 - Thomas Alva Edison -- 1,093 Patents!
Chapter 6 - The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century -- Nikola Tesla
Chapter 7 - The Wright Brothers -- Fathers of Flight
Chapter 8 - Charles M. Hall -- Alchemist of Aluminum
Chapter 9 - Marconi, Mr. Wireless -- De Forest, Mr. Radio
Chapter 10 - Lest They Be Forgotten -- More Fathers of Invention
Chapter 11 - Making Money on Inventions
 
   
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