Bøker av Larry Kilham

Larry Kilham's incredible life story takes you through many companies and adventures starting from growing up on a farm with electronics as a hobby. He stumbled into the transistor by experimentation and his electronics skills were important to stimulating his engineering education. Larry entered industry, and he shares his adventures in industrializing Saudi Arabia, multimedia publishing, tracking Russian submarines, planning new towns, selling machinery in Latin America, and founding two high-tech companies. His boyhood curiosity in electronics began a process of discovery and education that led to a remarkable and happy life. Hopefully the new generations may gain some insights from his experience, particularly if they are oriented towards new discovery, technology, and ecology. There is plenty of interest here for parents, students, and educators. The story is told in an easy style as a continuous adventure and is illustrated with many photos.

His muse, Leonardo da Vinci, would have been proud. This is the story about Peter Kilham who constantly sought perfection to bring beauty and function to the public through his nature records and bird feeders. His son Larry reveals their many conversations about life and creativity. Peter's ultimate revelation is that nature is the greatest creator and it is up to the dedicated artist and inventor to reveal nature's beauty.The story is told with humor and insight by Larry Kilham who is an accomplished inventor and business person. There are many insights and life lessons revealed for aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs. Twenty illustrations add historical interest.

These poems bring us hope during troubled times through our connection with nature. Chapters include nature, dreams, understanding ourselves, Covid, and even robots. There is also a special chapter of legends told in poetic verse.

James L. Breese was the flight engineer on the first transatlantic flight in 1919 and then developed 130 patents for home and military space heaters. Dismissing a high society Long Island life, Jim moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1929 to start fresh in the unencumbered west. There he built his oil burner business with sales in the millions of dollars. His marriages, however, presented challenges that were hard to overcome. Destiny Strikes Twice is told with the insight of an inventor in the Breese family who interviewed family members, friends, and employees. The twists and turns through his adventure-packed life reveal lessons for everyone including many insights for aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs. Many illustrations are from unpublished family collections.

Shades of Truth concerns my trip to Nicaragua in 1965 when the country was expanding economically and industrially but was troubled by a smoldering political revolution. I worked for a Nicaraguan investment company and my assignment was to analyze a steel company partially owned by the dictator, Luis Somoza. My investigation led me to its general manager, Arnoldo Ramírez-Eva, whom I both distrusted and admired. I enjoyed the country and had great adventures with friends, but I was forced to leave after a showdown with Ramírez-Eva. I had confronted the shades of truth faced by everyone due to political and economic pressures.

MegaMinds: Creativity and Invention explores how people think creatively and motivates the reader to be creative and inventive. Larry Kilham reviews the major creative thinkers including da Vinci, Edison, Einstein, and Jobs and then moves on to the latest in computer-aided thinking. Noting that we are entering an era where the lone genius may no longer be equal to solving the problems such as climate change and pharmacology, Kilham proposes new problem solving approaches combing the best of the imagination, creative thinking, collective intelligence, and the Internet. Examples of MegaMinds at work are drawn from a wide variety of applications ranging from inventing birdfeeders to complex jumbo aircraft design. Kilham combines historical research, current cognitive science, and his own experience as an inventor with several successful patents in complex technical areas. He offers pointers along the way for everyone from emerging inventors and technical problem solvers to research teams seeking to utilize the best in cognitive science and computer technology.Larry Kilham has a powerful vision for a better world through creativity and invention. The time is now.

This book takes the reader through the essential steps of forming a successful technically-based company. Included are such topics as forming a vision, creating a product, patents and trademarks, formulating a business plan, the basics of marketing, finance, production, patents and all the various elements, formal and informal, that pull the whole process together. All major points are illustrated by examples drawn primarily from family companies based on inventions. The story-telling style captures the attention of beginners as well as seasoned entrepreneurs. The book is very meaty and avoids the mantras, over-simplification and feel-good approaches of many "How to" business books.

Winter of the Genomes explores how humans will fit into an evolving ecosystem being impacted by artificial intelligence. We are entering the age of AI and robots when they could take as many as half the jobs in industrialized countries. On the other hand, robots are also making inroads as lovable companions, and they don't eat, drink water, or create waste.If populations drop due to pessimism about the economic future caused in part by robots and automation, as has started to be the case, the corresponding decline in energy demand will contribute to a significant reduction in global warming. Also, robots could be key to improving agricultural production thus helping to fend off a major global food crisis.