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		Image from Amazon.com	George's secret key to the universe / Lucy & Stephen Hawking with Christophe Galfard ; illustrated by Garry Parsons by Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Galfard, Christophe Parsons, Garry [ill.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: Fic H384G. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image	Gizmos / a game by Phil Walker-Harding by Walker-Harding, Phil Material type: Film; Type of visual material: game ; Audience: General; Publication details: [Singapore] : CMON Global Limited, ©2018 Other title: Sitting ducks gallery Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GAME0007. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	1,000 inventions & discoveries / written by Roger Bridgman ; in association with the Science Museum by Bridgman, Roger Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Dorling Kindersley, 2002 Other title: 1,000 inventions and discoveries Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: T15 B742O. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Inventors and inventions / edited by Duncan McCorquodale ... [et al.]. by McCorquodale, Duncan [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Black Dog Publishing, c2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: T 15 I583. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Plastic : materials for inspirational design / Chris Lefteri by Lefteri, Chris Series: Materials for inspirational design Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Crans-Pres-Celigny : RotoVision, c2001 Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	George's secret key to the universe / Lucy & Stephen Hawking with Christophe Galfard ; illustrated by Garry Parsons by Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Stephen, 1942- Galfard, Christophe Parsons, Garry [ill.] Edition: Corgi ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: General; Publication details: London : Corgi, 2008 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (2)Call number: Fic H384G, ... Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Plastics : materials for inspirational design 2 / Chris Lefteri by Lefteri, Chris Series: Materials for inspirational design Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Mies : RotoVision, c2006 Other title: Plastics 2 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: TP1120 L437P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	And suddenly the inventor appeared : TRIZ, the theory of inventive problem solving / by Genrich Altshuller ; with original illustrations by Natalie Dronova and Uri Urmanchev ; translated and edited by Lev Shulyak and Steven Rodman. by Altshuller, Genrich, 1926- Shulyak, Lev [tr. and ed.] Rodman, Steven [tr. and ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Worcester, Mass. : Technical Innovation Center, 2008 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: T 212 A477A. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image	Time line inventions / distributed by Asmodee Canada by Asmodee Group Material type: Film; Type of visual material: game ; Audience: General; Publication details: France : Asmodee Group, ©2021 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GAME0004. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The children's atlas of inventions and discoveries by Dunn, Andrew Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Apple Press, 1997 Other title: Atlas of inventions and discoveries Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (2)Call number: REF Q180.55 .D57 D855C, ... Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Turn on the lights--from bed! : inventions, contraptions, and gadgets kids can build by Carrow, Robert S Brown, Rick, ill Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Learning Triangle Press, 1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: TK9965 C377T. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The U.S. patent system in transition : policy innovation and the innovation process by Jaffe, Adam B Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Privatizing R&D : patent policy and the commercialization of national laboratory technologies by Jaffe, Adam B Lerner, Josh Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Inventive activity and the market for technology in the United States, 1840-1920 by Lamoreaux, Naomi R Sokoloff, Kenneth L Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)