"Flash of Genius And Other True Stories of Invention" by John
Seabrook, staff writer for "The New Yorker," is a collection of
true stories about where great ideas come from, and is the basis
for the Major Motion Picture starring Greg Kinnear releasing
October 2008.
"John Seabrook is one of America's finest non-fiction
writers....Fascinating, entertaining, beautifully written and often
poignant..."--Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation"
Where Do Great Ideas Come From?
In "Flash of Genius," John Seabrook explores the moment when
inspiration strikes in an otherwise average life, and what happens
when that idea moves out into the larger culture and takes on a
life--and commercial possibilities--of its own. The title piece in
this collection is the David v. Goliath story of Bob Kearns, a
professor and inventor who came up with something we all use every
chance we get: the intermittent windshield wiper. When Kearns'
patents were infringed, he fought General Motors, Ford, and
Chrysler, and eventually prevailed in a classic American story of
never giving up, never backing down.
Seabrook has been fascinated by stories of invention and
entrepreneurship since childhood, when he grew up with an uncle who
invented something as ubiquitous as Bob Kearns' wipers: boil-in-bag
vegetables. In "Flash of Genius," Seabrook also writes about his
family's invention and about thirteen other iconoclastic visions
that turned into the stuff of every day.
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