TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dyson,James
TI  - Invention : : a life
SN  - 9781471198748
U1  - 609.2 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Dyson, James
KW  - Dyson Appliances Limited
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Inventors
KW  - Electric household appliances industry
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Vacuum cleaners
KW  -  United States
KW  - History
N1  - Includes index; Introduction
Growing up
Art school
Sea truck
The ballbarrow
The Coach House
DC01
Core technologies
Going global
The car
Farming
Education
Making the future

Postscript: Jake Dyson
Postscript: Deirdre Dyson

N2  - Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In devoting all his resources to iteratively developing the technology, he risked it all, but out of many failures and setbacks came hard-fought success. In Invention: A Life, Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most inventive technology companies in the world. It is a compelling and dramatic tale, with many obstacles overcome
ER  -