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Detail of poster featuring colorized images of Thomas Edison listening to his first phonograph; a young girl working at a hands on activity; and inventor James McClurkin holding one of his robotic ants.
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Making a Book about Making Innovators

Historian Eric Hintz describes the five-year collaboration behind the publication of Does America Need More Innovators?, the latest title in our Lemelson Center book series.

The cover of the book, with the title, “Does America Need More Innovators?” in white letters against a dark royal blue background. 3 rectangular “thought bubble” outlines in yellow (upper left), red (center), and white (lower right) overlap beneath the title, and 3 triangular arrows, like a fast forward button, are superimposed across the upper and middle bubbles. “Edited by” is within the yellow bubble and the editors’ names are within the red bubble.
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Does America Need More Innovators?

The newest book in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series with MIT Press is a critical exploration of today's global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation.

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Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation

Books in the interdisciplinary Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series explore the history of invention and innovation and the work of inventors and the technologies they create.

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The Early American Daguerreotype

The Early American Daguerreotype: Cross-Currents in Art and Technology by Sarah Kate Gillespie maps the evolution of the daguerreotype, as medium and as profession. Part of the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series with MIT Press.

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The Color Revolution

The Color Revolution (2012) by Regina Lee Blaszczyk offers a fresh perspective on the myriad ways innovations in color affect our lives, revealing innovators’ interactions with science, industry, and art that influenced consumer choice and business practice.

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