Introduction: The Unphilosopher's stone Part I: Setting the Stage: Robert Friedel: Perspiration in perspective: Changing perceptions of genius and expertise in American invention Part II: Classic Inventors: Ryan D. Tweney: Inventing the Field: Michael Faraday and the creative engineering of electromagnetic field theory W. Bernard Coulson & Michael E. Gorman: A cognitive framework to understand technological creativity: Bell, Edison, and the telephone Tom D. Crouch: Why Wilbur and Orville? Some thoughts on the Wright brothers and the process of invention Part III: Contemporary Inventors: James Hillier: Electron microscopy and microprobe analysis: Recalling the ambience of some inventions John J. Wild: The origin of soft tissue ultrasonic echoing and early instrumental application to clinical medicine James A. Teeri: The soil biotron: An underground research laboratory Robert H. Wentorf: The synthesis of diamonds Edward Rosinski: The origin and development of the first zeolite catalyst for petroleum cracking Paul W. Morgan: Discovery and invention in polymer chemistry William C. Campbell: The genesis of the antiparasitic drug Ivermectin Part IV: The Logic of Invention: Robert J. Weber: Stone Age knife to Swiss army knife: An invention prototype David N. Perkins: The topography of invention Jacob Helfman: The analytic inventive thinking model Part V: The Social Context of Inventions: David A. Hounshell: Invention in the Industrial Research Laboratory: Individual act or collective process? The case of the Pioneering Research Laboratory, Du Pont Fibers Department, 1928-1968 George Wise: Inventors and corporations in the maturing electrical industry Donald J. Quigg: Technology on the move Robert J. Weber & David N. Perkins: Effable invention Conclusion Biographical sketches Index.
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