Peninsula, Ohio
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
PROLOGUE
In a corner of the Pullman smoking compartment, by the window, the man who had been explaining the whole economic system mentioned inventors as an example of the fortunate relationship between desire for money and scientific progress.
“Take the Wright brothers,” he said. “Would they have worked all those years trying to fly just for their health?”
Another passenger ventured to ask: “Don’t people sometimes become curious about a problem and work to see what they can find out?”