Not even geniuses get it right the first time . . . An “entertaining” look at the failures of great inventors (Booklist). To achieve great things, you have

Bill Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and At Home is likely to become the most illuminating book on the way we lived then

DVD features highlights from the conference held at Columbia University.

Introduces some great inventions that came about after spectacular failures and introduces the failed ideas themselves.