Books like Eureka! by Edward de Bono

Europe’s rise as a global technological power followed a slow, cumulative advance that blended medieval innovations with influences from China, India, and the Islamic world, as shown by Frances Gies in Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel.

Edward de Bono shares insights on critical thinking, perceptions, and creative thinking tools in his latest book, the Thinking Course, designed to enhance one's thinking skills.

A textbook of creativity

Explore how ordinary minds spark extraordinary inventions, from the 19th‑century boy who created vanilla to modern breakthroughs, revealing the real science of creativity and discovery.

Between 1903 and 1969, scientists and other experts made hundreds of predictions in Popular Mechanics magazine about what the future would hold. Their forecasts ranged from ruefully funny to eerily prescient and optimistically utopian. Here are the very best of them, culled from hundreds of articles, complete with the original, visually stunning retro art. They will capture the imagination of futurists in the same way Jules Verne's writing did a century earlier. Every chapter features an introduction by astrophysics professor, science-fiction author, and former NASA advisor Gregory Benford. Past predictions of our future include: Skyscrapers so tall they'll have their own climate, underground pneumatic tubes to replace garbage trucks, rooftop lakes that serve as air conditioning systems, clothes made from asbestos and aluminum, mail sorted by robots and delivered by parachutes. - Publisher.

An illustrated history of American innovators--some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating-- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.