Invention : a life James Dyson

By: Dyson, James [author]
Language: English Publisher: London : Simon & Schuster, 2021Description: 351 pages (12 unnumbered pages of plates ): illustrations, 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781471198748; 9781471198755Subject(s): Dyson, James | Dyson Appliances Limited | Autobiographies | Inventors | Electric household appliances industry -- Great Britain | Vacuum cleaners -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 609.2
Contents:
Introduction Growing up Art school Sea truck The ballbarrow The Coach House DC01 Core technologies Going global The car Farming Education Making the future Postscript: Jake Dyson Postscript: Deirdre Dyson
Summary: Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In devoting all his resources to iteratively developing the technology, he risked it all, but out of many failures and setbacks came hard-fought success. In Invention: A Life, Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most inventive technology companies in the world. It is a compelling and dramatic tale, with many obstacles overcome
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Includes index.

Introduction
Growing up
Art school
Sea truck
The ballbarrow
The Coach House
DC01
Core technologies
Going global
The car
Farming
Education
Making the future

Postscript: Jake Dyson
Postscript: Deirdre Dyson

Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In devoting all his resources to iteratively developing the technology, he risked it all, but out of many failures and setbacks came hard-fought success. In Invention: A Life, Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most inventive technology companies in the world. It is a compelling and dramatic tale, with many obstacles overcome

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