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Noah Charney - Black Book, Inbunden

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Black Book

The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Inventions

Av Noah Charney

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The Black Book: The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Inventions is an illustrated book about inventions that almost changed the world - but didn't.It brings together unusual machines, ambitious prototypes, and strange engineering ideas that were once taken seriously: flying tanks, floating tunnels, collapsible aircraft carriers, armored vehicles, and other concepts that now feel almost fictional, even though they were real.The book looks at why these ideas appeared, what their inventors were trying to solve, how the inventions worked, and why they never became part of everyday life. Some were too expensive, some too complicated, some arrived too early, and some were simply too strange for their time.Rather than treating them as failures, the book presents them as part of the wider story of innovation. Many of these inventions reveal genuine imagination, technical skill, and a willingness to experiment at the edge of what seemed possible.Each invention is brought to life with detailed hand-drawn illustrations, based on patents, photographs, and historical references. The result is a book about engineering curiosity, forgotten ideas, and the strange beauty of things that almost existed.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-08-22
  • Mått: 382 x 53 x 294 mm
  • Vikt: 2 195 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 316
  • Förlag: Hungry Minds
  • ISBN: 9798999340344
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The Black Book was not created by one person, but by a talented team of writers, artists, researchers, and editors - each bringing their own expertise to the project.The book's lead writer is Dr Noah Charney, an internationally best-selling author of more than 20 books, translated into fourteen languages, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is a professor of art history and has taught for Yale, the National Gallery, the Smithsonian, and other leading institutions. He also writes for major publications, including The Guardian, and has worked as a television and radio presenter, including for the BBC.The concept behind the book was shaped by Seva Batishchev and Timur Kadyrov, the creators and founders of Hungry Minds - the publishing house known for turning complex ideas into beautifully illustrated objects.The book's visual world was brought to life by Lev Kaplan, the lead illustrator, whose detailed hand-drawn artwork gives each invention its own character, structure, and sense of wonder.Behind the writing was also a larger team of researchers and technical editors, who helped verify the stories, clarify the engineering, and turn hundreds of unusual inventions into a coherent and compelling book.

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