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Invention And Discovery
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Generally speaking, an invention is a new product or process that solves a
technical problem. This is different from a discovery, which is something
that already existed but had not been found.
Consider, for example, the telescope and the mountains of
the moon. The telescope is an invention that was created in
1608 when Hans Lipperhey, a Dutch eyeglass maker,
combined convex and concave glasses at either end of a
tube. It was only with the invention of the telescope that
humans (Galileo Galilei to be precise) were able to look far
enough into the sky to see the mountains of the moon.
Galileo didn’t invent these mountains, he discovered them -
with the help of an invention.
Just as inventions can lead to discoveries, discoveries can sometimes also
lead to inventions. For example, Benjamin Franklin’s discovery of the
electrical effects of lightning led him to invent the lightning rod around
1752. This invention is still in use today and has made
buildings much safer places during thunderstorm
World Intellectual Property Organization - Organizational Body
1st Edition
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Invention And Discovery
Management
English
2007
1-70
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