Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America (Audiobook)

from figre

Every once in a while you have to ask yourself why it is we read books. Sometimes we do it to be transported into different worlds. Sometimes it is to gain new perspectives. Sometimes it is to learn more about a subject. Sometimes it is to be moved into action. Sometimes it is to meet new people....

from copperkid

This is really a fascinating book, and made more so because it is a true story. I don't know too much about what makes cars work, but I am very interested in two of the highlights explored here: (1) the hands-on education with students which allows them to use their own talents to explore their p...

from barlow304

Reading "Ingenious" right after reading "Drama High" was instructive. "Ingenious", by James Fagone, is the story of a high-stakes X prize competition for building high mileage cars: 100 MPGe. Using the contest as the central plot line gives "Ingenious" a dramatic tension and flow noticeably missi...

from DavidWineberg

Ingenious is the story of driven (there's just no way around car metaphors in this society) tinkerers. They still exist, but the outlets for their creativity are fewer and fewer. Between monolithic industry and monolithic government, it's just harder to break out. This is the inside story of seve...

from tim.taylor

Ingenious follows the stories of four teams competing for an X Prize to be awarded for building a high-efficiency, reproducible automobile that could go at least one hundred miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gas. It's a quick read, approachable, full of interesting characters and thei...