Invention: The Care and Feeding of Ideas

Invention: The Care and Feeding of Ideas

First edition cover
Author	Norbert Wiener
Language	English
Subject	Invention
Publisher	MIT Press
Publication date	1993
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	186
ISBN	0-262-73111-8
Dewey Decimal	303.48
LC Class	T15 .W65

Invention: The Care and Feeding of Ideas is a 1993 book by the computer scientist, mathematician and philosopher Norbert Wiener. ^[1]

Norbert Wiener in 1964

Invention was written in 1954 but Wiener abandoned the project at the editing stage and returned his advance. MIT Press published it posthumously in 1993, with an introduction by Steve Joshua Heims. ^[2]

Reception

In 2006, Invention was part of a shortlist of 23 books chosen by the Royal Institution for the title of best science book ever. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. Wiener, N. (1994). Invention: The Care and Feeding of Ideas. United Kingdom: Penguin Random House LLC.
2. "Learning, invention, greatness". Gardner Writes. July 21, 2011.
3. Conocimiento, Ventana al (11 April 2017). "Primo Levi and the Best Science Book ever Written".
4. "The debate is on: the best science book ever is announced | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News.
5. Hagen, Margareth; Skagen, Margery Vibe (28 February 2014). Literature and Chemistry: Elective Affinities. ISD LLC. ISBN   9788771246278 – via Google Books.