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2) Duplicity
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ex-CIA officer Claire Stenwick and ex-MI6 agent Ray Koval are both racing to secure the formula for a product that will bring untold wealth to the company that lands the patent first. As the stakes begin to rise, so does the passion between Claire and Ray. Meanwhile, their mutual employers, industry giant Howard Tully and trailblazing CEO Dick Garsik start resorting to some seriously underhanded tactics as each hopes to gain an advantage over the...
3) Duplicity
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two sexy spies turned corporate operatives attempt to pull off one of the biggest heists ever. As the stakes rise in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, they'll put everything on the line to remain one double-cross ahead of the rest.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2022
Physical Desc
207 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A miscellany of actual patents for wonderfully bizarre inventions, Brilliantly Bad is a salute to what the human mind can achieve – even if it probably shouldn’t. This collection of the strangest ideas ever patented, ranging from the bizarre and baffling to the *oh so close* to genius, is a true celebration of human ingenuity in all its (occasionally) pointless glory. Inventions include: A coat that doubles as a urinal, a musical condom, an automated...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Touting his book as the best first read for an aspiring inventor, award-winning physicist/oceanographer and life-long inventor Cairns cites that the fundamentals of inventing must be acquired before they can be effectively applied. He begins with the idea: how to get one and what to do when you have it. He describes the important steps between inspiration and investing in a patent, as well as the steps to take in deciding how best to profit from it....
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
246 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"One night in the late 1930s, in a bar on the Illinois-Iowa border, John Vincent Atanasoff, a professor of physics at Iowa State University, after a frustrating day performing tedious mathematical calculations in his lab, hit on the idea that the binary number system and electronic switches, combined with an array of capacitors on a moving drum to serve as memory, could yield a computing machine that would make his life easier. Then he went back and...
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