Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery

"Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery" by George Iles is a recount from the past, chronicling inventors and their discoveries, while also exploring the principles of their ideas, and the consequences throughout society. The book is a tribute to the innovative spirit of inventors and an examination of the scientific and mechanical fundamentals of what they made. The book starts with an introduction that presents how essential inventors are to progress by changing old solutions into faster and more useful ones. Iles explains how important it is to understand structure and function in inventions, and how good designs make things faster, and improves how things work in structures and devices. The chapter readies the reader for examination on how inventions become better over time by stressing observation, experimentation, and how designs and materials work together as very important parts in the invention process.